Zerek — boys' name

What the Data Says About Zerek

The Social Security Administration has registered 265 babies named Zerek between 1988 and 2023, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zerek currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zerek performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Zerek shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zerek in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zerek 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 265 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.