Ziad is a distinctive choice, ranked #1798 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Ziad in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1798
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About the Name Ziad
Ziad has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 541 places in five years. It was most popular in 2023 at #1533 โ parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Ziad is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Ziad in their class.
โญ Famous People Named Ziad
Karim Ziad โ Karim Ziad is an Algerian musician.
Ziad Bahaa-Eldin โ Ziad Ahmed Bahaa-Eldin is an Egyptian economist, commercial lawyer and politician.
Ziad Qadri โ Ziad El Kadri (Arabic: ุฒูุงุฏ ุงููุงุฏุฑู) is a Lebanese Sunni politician.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Ziad
Unlikely. With around 14 UK babies named Ziad per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Ziad in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Ziad has been fairly steady, ranked #1,798 in 2025 against #1,723 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #1,533 in 2023.
Ziad is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Ziad include: Karim Ziad, Ziad Bahaa-Eldin and Ziad Qadri. Short summaries for each appear below.
Ziad does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice โ your child is unlikely to encounter American Ziads in the wild.
14
UK babies named Ziad (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↓ 75 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
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In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Ziad
Almost certainly the only Ziad in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Ziad
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Tawfiq Ziad (Arabic: ุชูููู ุฒููุงุฏ, romanized: Tawfฤซq Ziyyฤd; Hebrew: ืชืืืคืืง ืืืื, romanized: Ta'ufรญk Ziyรกd; 7 May 1929 โ 5 July 1994), also romanized Tawfik Zayyad or Tawfeeq Ziad, was a Palestinian politician, poet, and activist who served in Israel's Knesset.
Ziyad Khalaf al-Karbouly, a native of Al-Qa'im, was an Islamist former Iraqi officer and the son of an Iraqi tribal sheikh of the Al-Karabla clan of the Dulaim.