Fun Facts About the Name Zada
- More than 3 thousand babies named Zada: U.S. records list 3,108 babies given the name Zada from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Zada Mean?
Zada is most often explained as a feminine name of Arabic origin meaning "provision" or "sustenance." It is linked to the Arabic noun zād (زاد), the supplies a traveler carries - food and water for the road. A different Arabic word, zā'ida (زائدة), means "increasing" or "surplus" and underlies the separate name Zaida; the two names are often confused because they look and sound alike. In Turkish and Central Asian use, the element -zāde (from Persian zādeh, "born of, offspring") appears in compound names and surnames, and Zada is sometimes connected with that element instead. These explanations come from different languages and different roots, so the meaning depends on which tradition a particular Zada belongs to, and where a bearer's background is unknown the meaning cannot be fixed with confidence.
Zada Name History & Origins
The Arabic word zād is old and widely familiar: it appears in the Quran (2:197), where travelers are urged to take provision and the "best provision" is named as God-consciousness. That is a fact about the word, not proof that it produced the personal name. The Persian-derived -zāde element entered Ottoman Turkish through titles and later family names, where it means "offspring of," as in the title şehzade, "prince" (literally a shah's son); Zada and the closely related Zade are also used as feminine given names in Turkey and parts of Central Asia.
In the English-speaking world Zada is an uncommon feminine name without one dominant association, and it is sometimes treated simply as a spelling variant of Zaida. The medieval Iberian name Zaida - borne in the eleventh century by a woman of Seville who entered the household of Alfonso VI of León and Castile - has its own documented history, and its resemblance to Zada rests on sound rather than on a shared origin.
How Popular is the Name Zada?
Zada recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2006. Its best rank was #491 in 1880.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,754 | 29 | 0.0018% |
| 2024 | #7,921 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2023 | #4,734 | 29 | 0.0018% |
| 2022 | #6,213 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2021 | #4,239 | 34 | 0.0021% |
| 2020 | #4,070 | 35 | 0.0022% |
| 2019 | #4,648 | 30 | 0.0018% |
| 2018 | #3,493 | 45 | 0.0026% |
| 2017 | #3,343 | 48 | 0.0028% |
| 2016 | #3,323 | 49 | 0.0028% |
| 2015 | #3,209 | 52 | 0.0029% |
| 2014 | #3,076 | 55 | 0.0031% |
| 2013 | #3,568 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 2012 | #2,803 | 63 | 0.0036% |
| 2011 | #2,533 | 72 | 0.0041% |
| 2010 | #3,202 | 52 | 0.0029% |
| 2009 | #2,824 | 63 | 0.0034% |
| 2008 | #2,688 | 69 | 0.0036% |
| 2007 | #2,682 | 69 | 0.0036% |
| 2006 | #2,068 | 96 | 0.0050% |
| 2005 | #2,003 | 95 | 0.0051% |
| 2004 | #2,480 | 69 | 0.0038% |
| 2003 | #2,608 | 62 | 0.0034% |
| 2002 | #2,329 | 70 | 0.0039% |
| 2001 | #2,302 | 70 | 0.0039% |
| 2000 | #3,332 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 1999 | #4,199 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1998 | #5,580 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1997 | #7,278 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1996 | #6,061 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1995 | #8,759 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1994 | #15,738 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #15,783 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #10,465 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #13,872 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #11,464 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1975 | #9,062 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1970 | #7,990 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1969 | #8,697 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1966 | #7,616 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1963 | #4,894 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1959 | #4,299 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1958 | #4,190 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1956 | #6,886 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1955 | #6,726 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1954 | #3,155 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1953 | #4,593 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1952 | #3,371 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1951 | #3,712 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1950 | #3,420 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1949 | #3,175 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1948 | #3,346 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1947 | #3,239 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1946 | #3,428 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1945 | #2,596 | 13 | 0.0010% |
| 1944 | #2,198 | 17 | 0.0013% |
| 1943 | #2,693 | 13 | 0.0009% |
| 1942 | #1,980 | 20 | 0.0015% |
| 1941 | #3,557 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1940 | #1,590 | 25 | 0.0022% |
| 1939 | #1,683 | 22 | 0.0020% |
| 1938 | #2,223 | 15 | 0.0014% |
| 1937 | #1,783 | 20 | 0.0019% |
| 1936 | #1,506 | 25 | 0.0024% |
| 1935 | #1,448 | 27 | 0.0026% |
| 1934 | #1,650 | 22 | 0.0021% |
| 1933 | #2,159 | 15 | 0.0015% |
| 1932 | #1,318 | 32 | 0.0030% |
| 1931 | #1,684 | 22 | 0.0021% |
| 1930 | #1,320 | 34 | 0.0030% |
| 1929 | #1,486 | 28 | 0.0025% |
| 1928 | #1,288 | 36 | 0.0031% |
| 1927 | #1,558 | 29 | 0.0024% |
| 1926 | #1,278 | 38 | 0.0032% |
| 1925 | #1,195 | 43 | 0.0035% |
| 1924 | #1,565 | 30 | 0.0024% |
| 1923 | #1,212 | 42 | 0.0035% |
| 1922 | #1,729 | 25 | 0.0021% |
| 1921 | #1,340 | 36 | 0.0029% |
| 1920 | #1,280 | 37 | 0.0031% |
| 1919 | #1,269 | 37 | 0.0033% |
| 1918 | #1,359 | 33 | 0.0029% |
| 1917 | #1,125 | 41 | 0.0038% |
| 1916 | #1,058 | 44 | 0.0042% |
| 1915 | #1,139 | 37 | 0.0038% |
| 1914 | #1,540 | 19 | 0.0025% |
| 1913 | #1,038 | 28 | 0.0045% |
| 1912 | #937 | 30 | 0.0054% |
| 1911 | #1,112 | 17 | 0.0041% |
| 1910 | #722 | 35 | 0.0088% |
| 1909 | #989 | 18 | 0.0052% |
| 1908 | #880 | 21 | 0.0063% |
| 1907 | #988 | 16 | 0.0050% |
| 1906 | #843 | 20 | 0.0068% |
| 1905 | #923 | 17 | 0.0058% |
| 1904 | #909 | 17 | 0.0062% |
| 1903 | #758 | 21 | 0.0080% |
| 1902 | #870 | 17 | 0.0064% |
| 1901 | #880 | 15 | 0.0063% |
| 1900 | #741 | 25 | 0.0083% |
| 1899 | #906 | 14 | 0.0060% |
| 1898 | #789 | 19 | 0.0073% |
| 1897 | #566 | 29 | 0.0124% |
| 1896 | #871 | 15 | 0.0063% |
| 1895 | #1,052 | 11 | 0.0047% |
| 1894 | #663 | 21 | 0.0094% |
| 1893 | #792 | 15 | 0.0070% |
| 1892 | #794 | 15 | 0.0071% |
| 1891 | #668 | 17 | 0.0092% |
| 1890 | #1,004 | 9 | 0.0047% |
| 1889 | #800 | 12 | 0.0067% |
| 1888 | #662 | 16 | 0.0090% |
| 1887 | #692 | 12 | 0.0082% |
| 1886 | #691 | 12 | 0.0083% |
| 1885 | #919 | 7 | 0.0053% |
| 1884 | #683 | 11 | 0.0085% |
| 1883 | #613 | 11 | 0.0098% |
| 1882 | #676 | 9 | 0.0083% |
| 1881 | #678 | 8 | 0.0087% |
| 1880 | #491 | 13 | 0.0143% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Zada Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You have aspiration and inspiration, hope and guidance. Since you are intuitive and perceptive and you understand human nature. You have the power to achieve. Diplomacy and discretion make you a good mediator. You are inspired, introspective, and have a good understanding of the human heart. You can have the ability to commercialize your artistic talents successfully. You are often a mystery to others and to yourself. You are always reaching for something higher, without exactly knowing what that "higher" is. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You are seeking freedom, opportunities to enjoy life: to make love, to go places and to do things. You are very adventurous and willing to take risk to achieve your objectives. New ways and new experiences can't satisfy your restless nature. One adventure leads you to another. You are honest and fair, because you know that this is the only way to receive justice and honesty from other people. But your personal growth is vital for you, and it is difficult to be tied down by rules and obligations. Your restless spirit might best controlled by choosing the field of work that meet your demand for action and adventure.
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