Zareth — #7098 US unisex name
156 babies named Zareth in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 60% of names given to girls today.
41% of everyone ever named Zareth was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Zareth in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zareth
The Social Security Administration has registered 156 babies named Zareth between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zareth currently holds the #7098 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Zareth is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 21 additional births since 2012.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zareth performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Zareth shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zareth in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zareth 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 156 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.
Zareth at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Zareth popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2024)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #7098 among girls.
156 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 16 births in a single year.
Zareth popularity over time — boys
21 total births recorded since 2012 (Zareth as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Zareth accounts for 12% of total recorded use across both genders.
Zareth by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 64 births that decade — 41% of Zareth's all-time total
Zareth decade highlights
- Peak decade 64 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Zareth's strongest decade
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% 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 | 3.2% |
5 of 156 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 2000–2024 (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.