Unisex name · since 2000
Zareth
Zareth has 170 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,517 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,731 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 170
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zareth is the #7731 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 170 recorded since 2000.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zareth has been recorded 170 times among girls since 2000, currently ranked #7731 nationally and more common than 55% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #21,517 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,731 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 170 born since 2000
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zareth ranks #21,517 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,731 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 170 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,517 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,731 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 170
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zareth's 170 recorded births place it above 70.25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Zareth compares
170 34th 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
Zareth's all-time total is 55% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zareth | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 170 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zareth's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zareth splits its recorded history at 2017: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zareth popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Zareth popularity over time - boys
49 total births recorded since 2012 (Zareth as boys' name)
Zareth by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (74 births, 44% of the file).
2020s was Zareth's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Zareth births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
32 births
- 2010s
2010s
64 births
- 2020s
2020s
74 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 74 births (44% of all-time use).
Zareth by state
Where Zareth concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.9% |
5 of 170 births nationwide.
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- Texas records the most Zareths (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zareth: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Zareth 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.