Girls' name · since 2007
Zafira
Since 2007, U.S. Social Security records show 162 babies named Zafira, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,028 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,726 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 162
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zafira currently ranks #8726 among girls' names in America, with 162 babies recorded since 2007.
Zafira has 162 recorded births among girls since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8726 as of the latest data, more common than 50% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #22,028 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,726 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 162 born since 2007
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zafira ranks #22,028 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,726 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 162 born since 2007, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,028 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,726 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 162
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zafira's 162 recorded births place it above 69.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Zafira compares
162 33rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Zafira's all-time total is 57% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zafira | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 162 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zafira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zafira's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 25, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zafira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Zafira by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (81 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Zafira's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Zafira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
76 births
- 2020s
2020s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 81 births (50% of all-time use).
Zafira by state
Where Zafira concentrates geographically, total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 3.7% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 3.1% |
6 of 162 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- New York records the most Zafiras (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zafira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2007–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Zafira draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.