Girls' name · since 2000
Zhara
Zhara has 367 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,252 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,343 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 367
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zhara is the #5343 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 367 recorded since 2000.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zhara has been recorded 367 times among girls since 2000, currently ranked #5343 nationally and more common than 69% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #14,252 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,343 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 367 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zhara ranks #14,252 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,343 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 367 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,252 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,343 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 367
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zhara's 367 recorded births place it above 80.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Zhara compares
367 49th 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
Zhara's all-time total is 2% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zhara | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 367 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 31 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zhara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zhara's full recorded timeline at 2013, 73% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 27% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 31 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zhara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Zhara by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (150 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Zhara's strongest decade.
150 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Zhara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
68 births
- 2010s
2010s
150 births
- 2020s
2020s
149 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 150 births (41% of all-time use).
Zhara by state
Where Zhara concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
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What to do with Zhara's data
- Zhara's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (150 total births) through the 2020s (149) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Florida records the most Zharas (5 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zhara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Zhara 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.