Girls' name · since 1896
Zara
20,930 babies named Zara in U.S. Social Security records since 1896, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,034 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #212 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 20,930
- born since 1896
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zara currently ranks #212 among girls' names in America, with 20,930 babies recorded since 1896.
Zara has 20,930 recorded births among girls since 1896, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #212 as of the latest data, more common than 99% 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 1896 to 2025.
- #1,034 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #212 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 20,930 born since 1896
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zara ranks #1,034 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #212 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 20,930 born since 1896, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,034 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #212 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 20,930
- born since 1896
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zara's 20,930 recorded births place it above 98.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
48 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Zara compares
20,930 Top 6% higher than 94% of 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
Zara's all-time total is 56x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zara | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 20,930 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,441 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zara's full recorded timeline at 1967, 98% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 2% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1896, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 1,441 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1896–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 1,441
- Annual births at peak, across 130 years of records
Zara by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (8,367 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Zara's strongest decade.
8,367 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Zara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 10
1890s
10 births
- 1900s 29
1900s
29 births
- 1910s 112
1910s
112 births
- 1920s 107
1920s
107 births
- 1930s 59
1930s
59 births
- 1940s 76
1940s
76 births
- 1950s 67
1950s
67 births
- 1960s 59
1960s
59 births
- 1970s 200
1970s
200 births
- 1980s 354
1980s
354 births
- 1990s 709
1990s
709 births
- 2000s 2,542
2000s
2,542 births
- 2010s
2010s
8,367 births
- 2020s
2020s
8,239 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 8,367 births (40% of all-time use).
How Zara compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Zara's total volume
Zara by state
Where Zara concentrates geographically, total births since 1896
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,790 | 13.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,036 | 9.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,723 | 8.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 1,290 | 6.2% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 844 | 4.0% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 838 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 837 | 4.0% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 699 | 3.3% |
2,790 of 20,930 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 48 reporting states.
Zara appears in 48 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Zara's data
- Zara's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (8,367 total births) through the 2020s (8,239) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Zaras (2,790 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 Zara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~129 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, 1896–2025 (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 Zara 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.