Zakira — #8619 US girls' name
463 babies named Zakira in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 51% of names given to girls today.
48% of everyone ever named Zakira was born in this single decade.
35 babies were named Zakira in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zakira
The Social Security Administration has registered 463 babies named Zakira between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zakira currently holds the #8619 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 35 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zakira performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 222 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Zakira shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Zakira in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zakira 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 463 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.
Zakira at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zakira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1993
- Peak year (2007)
- 35
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
Currently ranks #8619 among girls.
463 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 35 births in a single year.
Zakira by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 222 births that decade — 48% of Zakira's all-time total
Zakira decade highlights
- Peak decade 222 births
- Runner-up 130 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Zakira's strongest decade
222 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Zakira by state
Where Zakira concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 10 | 2.2% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.1% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 1.1% |
10 of 463 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 2.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.1% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 2.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1993–2024 (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.