Zarela — girls' name
39 babies named Zarela in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Zarela was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Zarela in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zarela
The Social Security Administration has registered 39 babies named Zarela between 2005 and 2007, spanning 3 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zarela currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zarela performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 9 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zarela in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zarela 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 39 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.
Zarela at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zarela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2005
- Peak year (2006)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 3 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
39 total births across 3 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 24 births in a single year.
Zarela by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 39 births that decade — 100% of Zarela's all-time total
Zarela decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Zarela's strongest decade
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Zarela by state
Where Zarela concentrates geographically — total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 9 | 23.1% |
9 of 39 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 23.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 23.1% 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, 2005–2007 (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.