Girls' name · since 1990
Zari
Zari has 1,489 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,721 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,596 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,489
- born since 1990
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zari is the #2596 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,489 recorded since 1990.
Zari has 1,489 recorded births among girls since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2596 as of the latest data, more common than 85% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #5,721 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,596 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,489 born since 1990
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zari ranks #5,721 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,596 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,489 born since 1990, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5,721 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,596 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,489
- born since 1990
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zari's 1,489 recorded births place it above 92.09% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
14 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
How Zari compares
1,489 Top 26% higher than 74% of 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
Zari's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zari | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,489 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 119 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zari's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zari's full recorded timeline at 2008, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 10 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 119 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zari popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 119
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Zari popularity over time - boys
20 total births recorded since 2009 (Zari as boys' name)
Zari by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (524 births, 35% of the file).
2020s was Zari's strongest decade.
524 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Zari births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 199
1990s
199 births
- 2000s
2000s
262 births
- 2010s
2010s
504 births
- 2020s
2020s
524 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 524 births (35% of all-time use).
How Zari compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Zari's total volume
Zari by state
Where Zari concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 88 | 5.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 62 | 4.2% |
| #3 | California | | 52 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 43 | 2.9% |
| #5 | Maryland | | 27 | 1.8% |
| #6 | New York | | 26 | 1.7% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 26 | 1.7% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 22 | 1.5% |
88 of 1,489 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Zari appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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- Georgia records the most Zaris (88 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zari: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Zari 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.