Boys' name · since 1997
Zhaire
Zhaire has 344 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,852 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,441 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 344
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zhaire currently ranks #7441 among boys' names in America, with 344 babies recorded since 1997.
Zhaire has 344 recorded births among boys since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7441 as of the latest data, more common than 47% of boys, 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 1997 to 2025.
- #9,852 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,441 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 344 born since 1997
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zhaire ranks #9,852 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,441 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 344 born since 1997, peaking in the 2020s.
- #9,852 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,441 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 344
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zhaire's 344 recorded births place it above 78.33% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Zhaire compares
344 48th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Zhaire's all-time total is 7% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zhaire | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 344 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 42 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zhaire's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zhaire's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 77% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 23%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 42, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zhaire popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 42
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Zhaire by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (170 births, 49% of the file).
2020s was Zhaire's strongest decade.
170 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Zhaire births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s 40
2000s
40 births
- 2010s
2010s
112 births
- 2020s
2020s
170 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 170 births (49% of all-time use).
Zhaire by state
Where Zhaire concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 15 | 4.4% |
| #2 | California | | 10 | 2.9% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 6 | 1.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.5% |
15 of 344 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Florida records the most Zhaires (15 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1997–2025 (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 Zhaire 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.