Girls' name · since 1999
Zakyrah
Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 52 babies named Zakyrah, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #34,692 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 52
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zakyrah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 52 have been recorded since 1999.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zakyrah has been recorded 52 times among girls since 1999, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 1999 to 2016.
- #34,692 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 52 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zakyrah ranks #34,692 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 52 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #34,692 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 52
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zakyrah's 52 recorded births place it above 52.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zakyrah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zakyrah's full recorded timeline at 2011, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zakyrah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2016
- Peak year (2007)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2016.
52 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 9 births in a single year.
Zakyrah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (33 births, 63% of the file).
2010s was Zakyrah's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Zakyrah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
14 births
- 2010s
2010s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 33 births (63% of all-time use).
Zakyrah decade highlights
- Peak decade 33 births
- Runner-up 14 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zakyrah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~17 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, 1999–2016 (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 Zakyrah 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.
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