Girls' name · since 1995
Zakirah
Since 1995, U.S. Social Security records show 242 babies named Zakirah, peaking in 2011. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,424 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 242
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
242 babies have been named Zakirah since 1995, making it today's #12424 girls' name.
Zakirah has 242 recorded births among girls since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12424 as of the latest data, more common than 28% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #17,917 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,424 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 242 born since 1995
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zakirah ranks #17,917 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,424 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 242 born since 1995, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,424 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 242
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zakirah's 242 recorded births place it above 75.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zakirah compares
242 41st 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
Zakirah's all-time total is 36% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zakirah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 242 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zakirah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zakirah splits its recorded history at 2010: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zakirah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Zakirah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (104 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Zakirah's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Zakirah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
100 births
- 2010s
2010s
104 births
- 2020s 28
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 104 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Zakirah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (104 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zakirah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1995–2025 (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 Zakirah 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.