Girls' name · since 2009
Zephyra
142 babies named Zephyra in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,383 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,378 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 142
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zephyra is the #5378 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 142 recorded since 2009.
Zephyra has 142 recorded births among girls since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5378 as of the latest data, more common than 69% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #23,383 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,378 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 142 born since 2009
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zephyra ranks #23,383 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,378 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 142 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,383 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,378 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 142
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zephyra's 142 recorded births place it above 67.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Zephyra compares
142 31st percentile among 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
Zephyra's all-time total is 62% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zephyra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 142 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zephyra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zephyra's full recorded timeline at 2018, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2010, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 24 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zephyra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Zephyra by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (68 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Zephyra's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Zephyra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
67 births
- 2020s
2020s
68 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 68 births (48% of all-time use).
Zephyra by state
Where Zephyra concentrates geographically, total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 4.2% |
6 of 142 births nationwide.
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What to do with Zephyra's data
- California records the most Zephyras (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zephyra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~16 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, 2009–2025 (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 Zephyra 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.