Zohal — #8609 US girls' name
132 babies named Zohal in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 51% of names given to girls today.
36% of everyone ever named Zohal was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Zohal in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zohal
The Social Security Administration has registered 132 babies named Zohal between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zohal currently holds the #8609 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zohal performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Zohal shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zohal in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zohal 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 132 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.
Zohal at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Zohal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1992
- Peak year (2023)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
Currently ranks #8609 among girls.
132 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 13 births in a single year.
Zohal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 48 births that decade — 36% of Zohal's all-time total
Zohal decade highlights
- Peak decade 48 births
- Runner-up 40 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Zohal's strongest decade
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Zohal by state
Where Zohal concentrates geographically — total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 8.3% |
11 of 132 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 8.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1992–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.