Girls' name · since 1994
Zierra
Since 1994, U.S. Social Security records show 144 babies named Zierra, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,243 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 144
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Zierra sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 144 recorded since 1994.
Zierra has 144 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2020.
- #23,243 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 144 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zierra ranks #23,243 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 144 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,243 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 144
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Zierra's 144 recorded births place it above 67.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zierra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zierra's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zierra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2020
- Peak year (2007)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Zierra by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (75 births, 52% of the file).
2000s was Zierra's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Zierra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
43 births
- 2000s
2000s
75 births
- 2010s 21
2010s
21 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 75 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Zierra's decade-level peak was the 2000s (75 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zierra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1994–2020 (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 Zierra 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.