Zara — #234 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Zara

The Social Security Administration has registered 19,484 babies named Zara between 1896 and 2024, spanning 129 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zara currently holds the #234 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 1,438 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zara performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 8,364 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Zara shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,645 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Zara in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zara 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 19,484 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.