Zareh — boys' name
22 babies named Zareh in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Zareh was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Zareh in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zareh
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Zareh between 1991 and 2023, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zareh currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zareh performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Zareh shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zareh in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zareh 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 22 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.
Zareh at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zareh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1991
- Peak year (1991)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
22 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 6 births in a single year.
Zareh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 12 births that decade — 55% of Zareh's all-time total
Zareh decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Zareh's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Zareh by state
Where Zareh concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 45.5% |
10 of 22 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 45.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 45.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1991–2023 (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.