Zarak — boys' name
29 babies named Zarak in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Zarak was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Zarak in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zarak
The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Zarak between 1957 and 2014, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zarak currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zarak performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Zarak shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zarak 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 29 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.
Zarak at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zarak popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1957
- Peak year (1957)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
29 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 8 births in a single year.
Zarak by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 10 births that decade — 34% of Zarak's all-time total
Zarak decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 8 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Zarak's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1957–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.