Zafirah — #13946 US girls' name
183 babies named Zafirah in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 21% of names given to girls today.
48% of everyone ever named Zafirah was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Zafirah in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zafirah
The Social Security Administration has registered 183 babies named Zafirah between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zafirah currently holds the #13946 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zafirah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 88 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Zafirah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zafirah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 183 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Zafirah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Zafirah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1985
- Peak year (2009)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
Currently ranks #13946 among girls.
183 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 13 births in a single year.
Zafirah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 88 births that decade — 48% of Zafirah's all-time total
Zafirah decade highlights
- Peak decade 88 births
- Runner-up 57 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Zafirah's strongest decade
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1985–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.