Girls' name · since 2002
Zairah
Zairah has 293 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,122 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,051 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 293
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zairah is the #7051 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 293 recorded since 2002.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zairah has been recorded 293 times among girls since 2002, currently ranked #7051 nationally and more common than 59% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #16,122 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,051 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 293 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zairah ranks #16,122 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,051 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 293 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,122 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,051 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 293
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zairah's 293 recorded births place it above 77.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Zairah compares
293 45th 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
Zairah's all-time total is 22% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zairah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 293 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zairah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zairah's full recorded timeline at 2014, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zairah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Zairah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (140 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Zairah's strongest decade.
140 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Zairah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
70 births
- 2010s
2010s
140 births
- 2020s
2020s
83 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 140 births (48% of all-time use).
Zairah by state
Where Zairah concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 3.4% |
10 of 293 births nationwide.
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What to do with Zairah's data
- Zairah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (140 total births) through the 2020s (83) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Zairahs (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zairah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~23 yrs)
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, 2002–2025 (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 Zairah 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.