Unisex name · since 2017
Zoah
Since 2017, U.S. Social Security records show 32 babies named Zoah, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #40,409 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 32
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zoah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 32 recorded since 2017.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zoah has been recorded 32 times among girls since 2017, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2024.
- #40,409 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 32 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zoah ranks #40,409 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 32 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #40,409 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 32
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zoah's 32 recorded births place it above 44.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zoah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zoah splits its recorded history at 2020: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2019 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zoah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Zoah popularity over time - boys
13 total births recorded since 2022 (Zoah as boys' name)
Zoah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (20 births, 63% of the file).
2020s was Zoah's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Zoah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 20 births (63% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zoah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~7 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, 2017–2024 (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 Zoah 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.