Recorded 1997–2022 Girls' name Peak 2021 29 births

Zarena — girls' name

29 babies named Zarena in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s102000s52020s14
2020s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Zarena was born in this single decade.

2021
Single peak year

7 babies were named Zarena in 2021 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Zarena

The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Zarena between 1997 and 2022, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zarena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zarena performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Zarena shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zarena 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.

Zarena at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

29

Since 1997

26 years of records

Peak year

2021

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2020s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1997

Recorded for 26 years

Last year on file: 2022

Zarena popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1997

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2021)
7
Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
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Zarena by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2020s
Peak decade
2020s
14 births that decade — 48% of Zarena's all-time total
1990s102000s52020s14

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zarena?
29 babies have been named Zarena since 1997. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2021 with 7 births.
When was Zarena most popular?
Zarena was most popular in the 2020s decade with 14 total births. The single peak year was 2021.
How long has the name Zarena been used?
Zarena has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 26 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Zarena?
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.

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, 1997–2022 (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.