Girls' name · since 1982
Zaria
Zaria has 11,277 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,544 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #944 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,277
- born since 1982
- 2000s
- peak decade
Zaria currently ranks #944 among girls' names in America, with 11,277 babies recorded since 1982.
Zaria has 11,277 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #944 as of the latest data, more common than 95% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #1,544 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #944 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 11,277 born since 1982
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zaria ranks #1,544 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #944 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 11,277 born since 1982, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,544 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #944 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,277
- born since 1982
- 2000s
- peak decade
Zaria's 11,277 recorded births place it above 97.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
36 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Zaria compares
11,277 Top 9% higher than 91% 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
Zaria's all-time total is 30x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zaria | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 11,277 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 568 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zaria's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zaria's full recorded timeline at 2007, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 568 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zaria popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 568
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Zaria by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (4,326 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Zaria's strongest decade.
4,326 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Zaria births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s 1,561
1990s
1,561 births
- 2000s
2000s
4,326 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,423 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,960 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 4,326 births (38% of all-time use).
How Zaria 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 Zaria's total volume
Zaria by state
Where Zaria concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 1,000 | 8.9% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 978 | 8.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 852 | 7.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 667 | 5.9% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 646 | 5.7% |
| #6 | California | | 637 | 5.6% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 625 | 5.5% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 563 | 5.0% |
1,000 of 11,277 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.
Zaria appears in 36 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Zaria's data
- Zaria's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (4,326 total births) through the 2020s (1,960) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Florida records the most Zarias (1,000 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zaria: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1982–2025 (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 Zaria 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.