Girls' name · since 1977
Zehra
Zehra has 729 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,285 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,288 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 729
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zehra currently ranks #5288 among girls' names in America, with 729 babies recorded since 1977.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zehra has been recorded 729 times among girls since 1977, currently ranked #5288 nationally and more common than 69% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #9,285 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,288 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 729 born since 1977
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zehra ranks #9,285 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,288 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 729 born since 1977, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,285 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,288 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 729
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zehra's 729 recorded births place it above 87.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Zehra compares
729 Top 38% higher than 62% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Zehra's all-time total is 94% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zehra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 729 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 33 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zehra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zehra's full recorded timeline at 2003, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 33 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zehra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Zehra by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (236 births, 32% of the file).
2010s was Zehra's strongest decade.
236 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Zehra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 59
1980s
59 births
- 1990s
1990s
120 births
- 2000s
2000s
173 births
- 2010s
2010s
236 births
- 2020s
2020s
135 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 236 births (32% of all-time use).
How Zehra compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Zehra's total volume
Zehra by state
Where Zehra concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 23 | 3.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 21 | 2.9% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 12 | 1.6% |
| #4 | California | | 6 | 0.8% |
23 of 729 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Zehra's data
- Zehra's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (236 total births) through the 2020s (135) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Zehras (23 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Zehra
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zehra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1977–2025 (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 Zehra 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.