Boys' name · since 2014

Zahran

Zahran has 80 recorded births since 2014 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#18,941 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#6,100 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
80
born since 2014
2010s
peak decade

80 babies have been named Zahran since 2014, making it today's #6100 boys' name.

Social Security Administration records show Zahran recorded 80 times among boys since 2014, holding rank #6100 nationally today, ahead of 56% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2025.

  • #18,941 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #6,100 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 80 born since 2014
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zahran ranks #18,941 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,100 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 80 born since 2014, peaking in the 2010s.

#18,941 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#6,100 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
80
born since 2014
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%56.2%
Zahran vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Zahran's 80 recorded births place it above 58.34% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Zahran compares

80 23rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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

Zahran's all-time total is 78% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Zahran Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 80 369 358,536
Peak-year births 15 34 22,252

Zahran's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Zahran's full recorded timeline at 2019, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Zahran popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
15
Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
05101520 201420162017201820192021202220232025 15

Zahran by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (41 births, 51% of the file).

2010s was Zahran's strongest decade.

41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.

Zahran births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 41 births (51% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zahran?
80 babies have been named Zahran since 2014. All-time, it sits at #18,941 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #6,100 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 2025 with 15 births.
Where does Zahran sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zahran ranks #18,941 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,100 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Zahran most popular?
Zahran was most popular in the 2010s decade with 41 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Zahran been used?
The SSA has tracked Zahran since 2014 -- 12 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Zahran?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zahir, Zahid, Zahmir, Zaheer, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Zahran's data

  • Zahran's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (41 total births) through the 2020s (39) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Zahran

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Zahran: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2014–2025 (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 Zahran 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.