girl's name

Zada

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 3,137

Zada is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 29 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2006, when 96 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 114,325 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Zada over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Zada by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 111
1890s 165
1900s 187
1910s 321
1920s 344
1930s 234
1940s 141
1950s 85
1960s 19
1970s 17
1980s 5
1990s 104
2000s 704
2010s 510
2020s (to 2025) 161

How popular is Zada?

In 2025, Zada was given to 29 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Zada is used

Canada #3,153 6 in 2014
United States #4,742 29 in 2025
England & Wales #7,242 3 in 2023

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Zada

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Zada also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Zada over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Zada

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Zada — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Zada

How popular is the name Zada?

In 2025, Zada was given to 29 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Zada a girl's or a boy's name?

Zada is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Zada?

Zada has 2 syllables.

When was Zada most popular?

Zada peaked in 2006, when 96 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Zada a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Zada currently ranks #4,742 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.