Girls' name · since 2010

Zaraiah

Since 2010, U.S. Social Security records show 44 babies named Zaraiah, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#36,595 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#10,699 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
44
born since 2010
2010s
peak decade

Zaraiah currently ranks #10699 among girls' names in America, with 44 babies recorded since 2010.

Social Security Administration records show Zaraiah recorded 44 times among girls since 2010, holding rank #10699 nationally today, ahead of 38% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2025.

  • #36,595 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #10,699 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 44 born since 2010
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zaraiah ranks #36,595 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,699 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 44 born since 2010, peaking in the 2010s.

#36,595 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#10,699 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
44
born since 2010
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%38.1%
Zaraiah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Zaraiah's 44 recorded births place it above 49.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Zaraiah compares

44 14th 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

Zaraiah's all-time total is 88% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Zaraiah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 44 376 567,345
Peak-year births 9 21 19,840

Zaraiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Zaraiah's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2010, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Zaraiah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
9
Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
45678910 2010201520162017202220232025 9

Zaraiah by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (23 births, 52% of the file).

2010s was Zaraiah's strongest decade.

23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.

Zaraiah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 23 births (52% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zaraiah?
Zaraiah has been given to 44 babies in the U.S. since 2010, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #36,595 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #10,699 of 17,297. 9 babies were born in 2025, its single highest year.
Where does Zaraiah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zaraiah ranks #36,595 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,699 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Zaraiah most popular?
Zaraiah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 23 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Zaraiah been used?
Zaraiah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2010, spanning 16 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Zaraiah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zara, Zariah, Zaria, Zariyah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Zaraiah's data

  • Zaraiah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (23 total births) through the 2020s (21) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

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 Zaraiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2010–2025 (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 Zaraiah 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.