Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Zaire*

#1,125 most common boys' name of all time · #2,663 across all names · 87% male / 13% female · used 1974–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#1,125
Rank overall
#2,663 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
10,897
Since 2016
5,308
Peak year
2023 #466
Best rank
#466 2023
Girls Boys peak 674/yr
198020002020

Zaire first appears in 1974. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 7 601 608 #503
2024 13 655 668 #470
2023 19 655 674 #466
2022 12 615 627 #496
2021 16 557 573 #529
2020 12 542 554 #528
2019 22 498 520 #560
2018 17 389 406 #657
2017 33 317 350 #747
2016 23 305 328 #781
2015 23 254 277 #878
2014 39 238 277 #905
2013 44 220 264 #930
2012 42 209 251 #964
2011 33 224 257 #905
2010 49 222 271 #913
2009 48 238 286 #887
2008 58 257 315 #845
2007 57 268 325 #801
2006 59 248 307 #822
2005 42 211 253 #873
2004 57 173 230 #970
2003 47 205 252 #847
2002 54 182 236 #893
2001 60 140 200 #1,047
2000 83 203 286 #797
1999 81 180 261 #841
1998 68 116 184 #1,110
1997 76 128 204 #1,005
1996 64 85 149 #1,300
1995 50 63 113 #1,522
1994 33 61 94 #1,536
1993 21 28 49 #2,627
1992 14 31 45 #2,406
1991 — 21 21 #3,069
1990 10 19 29 #3,271
1989 14 8 22 #5,994
1988 — 10 10 #4,671
1987 5 — 5 —
1986 10 5 15 #7,317
1983 — 6 6 #5,979
1982 — 5 5 #6,957
1981 — 5 5 #6,881
1980 — 5 5 #6,902
1979 5 10 15 #4,030
1978 5 10 15 #3,832
1977 — 13 13 #3,196
1976 — 6 6 #5,456
1975 7 17 24 #2,539
1974 — 7 7 #4,632