Zera — #8421 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Zera

The Social Security Administration has registered 678 babies named Zera between 1890 and 2024, spanning 135 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zera currently holds the #8421 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zera performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 129 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Zera shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Zera in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zera 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 678 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.