Unisex name · since 1996
Zarin
122 babies named Zarin in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,144 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 122
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Zarin sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 122 recorded since 1996.
Zarin has 122 recorded births among boys since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 1996 to 2020.
- #16,144 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 122 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zarin ranks #16,144 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 122 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,144 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 122
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Zarin's 122 recorded births place it above 64.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zarin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zarin's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zarin popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2020
- Peak year (2008)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Zarin popularity over time - girls
120 total births recorded since 1997 (Zarin as girls' name)
Zarin by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (63 births, 52% of the file).
2000s was Zarin's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Zarin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 21
1990s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
63 births
- 2010s
2010s
32 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 63 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Zarin's decade-level peak was the 2000s (63 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zarin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~24 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, 1996–2020 (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 Zarin 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.