Zarif — #11470 US boys' name
169 babies named Zarif in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 19% of names given to boys today.
50% of everyone ever named Zarif was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Zarif in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zarif
The Social Security Administration has registered 169 babies named Zarif between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zarif currently holds the #11470 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zarif performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Zarif shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 14 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zarif in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zarif 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 169 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.
Zarif at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Zarif popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1996
- Peak year (2009)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
Currently ranks #11470 among boys.
169 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 14 births in a single year.
Zarif by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 85 births that decade — 50% of Zarif's all-time total
Zarif decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 51 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Zarif's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Zarif by state
Where Zarif concentrates geographically — total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 14 | 8.3% |
14 of 169 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 8.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 8.3% 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, 1996–2024 (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.