Zarin — unisex name
120 babies named Zarin in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Zarin was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Zarin in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zarin
The Social Security Administration has registered 120 babies named Zarin between 1997 and 2020, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zarin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Zarin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 117 additional births since 1996.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zarin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Zarin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zarin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zarin 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 120 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.
Zarin at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zarin popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1997
- Peak year (2010)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
120 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 10 births in a single year.
Zarin popularity over time — boys
117 total births recorded since 1996 (Zarin as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Zarin accounts for 49% of total recorded use across both genders.
Zarin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 55 births that decade — 46% of Zarin's all-time total
Zarin decade highlights
- Peak decade 55 births
- Runner-up 38 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Zarin's strongest decade
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Zarin by state
Where Zarin concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 5.0% |
6 of 120 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 5.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 5.0% 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, 1997–2020 (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.