Zerita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Zerita

The Social Security Administration has registered 51 babies named Zerita between 1922 and 1962, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zerita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1962. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zerita performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Zerita shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zerita 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 51 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.