Girls' name · since 2011
Zaraiyah
37 babies named Zaraiyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #38,686 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,848 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 37
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
37 babies have been named Zaraiyah since 2011, making it today's #12848 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Zaraiyah recorded 37 times among girls since 2011, holding rank #12848 nationally today, ahead of 26% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.
- #38,686 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,848 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 37 born since 2011
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zaraiyah ranks #38,686 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,848 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 37 born since 2011, peaking in the 2020s.
- #38,686 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,848 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 37
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zaraiyah's 37 recorded births place it above 46.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zaraiyah compares
37 13th 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
Zaraiyah's all-time total is 90% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zaraiyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 37 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zaraiyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zaraiyah splits its recorded history at 2020: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zaraiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Zaraiyah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (19 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Zaraiyah's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Zaraiyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
- 2020s
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 19 births (51% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zaraiyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~14 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, 2011–2025 (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 Zaraiyah 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.