Recorded 1976–2022 Girls' name Peak 1978 189 births

Zarinah — girls' name

189 babies named Zarinah in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s551980s861990s202000s112010s122020s5
1980s
Peak decade

46% of everyone ever named Zarinah was born in this single decade.

1978
Single peak year

17 babies were named Zarinah in 1978 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Zarinah

The Social Security Administration has registered 189 babies named Zarinah between 1976 and 2022, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zarinah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zarinah performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Zarinah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zarinah 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 189 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.

Zarinah at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

189

Since 1976

47 years of records

Peak year

1978

17 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1976

Recorded for 47 years

Last year on file: 2022

Zarinah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1976

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (1978)
17
Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
05101520 20222001199319881985198219791976 9

Zarinah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
86 births that decade — 46% of Zarinah's all-time total
1970s551980s861990s202000s112010s122020s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zarinah?
189 babies have been named Zarinah since 1976. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 1978 with 17 births.
When was Zarinah most popular?
Zarinah was most popular in the 1980s decade with 86 total births. The single peak year was 1978.
How long has the name Zarinah been used?
Zarinah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1976, spanning 47 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Zarinah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zara, Zariah, Zaria, Zariyah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1976–2022 (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.