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.
46% of everyone ever named Zarinah was born in this single decade.
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 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zarinah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1976
- Peak year (1978)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
189 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 17 births in a single year.
Zarinah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 86 births that decade — 46% of Zarinah's all-time total
Zarinah decade highlights
- Peak decade 86 births
- Runner-up 55 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Zarinah's strongest decade
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
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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, 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.