Girls' name · since 2006
Zohara
Since 2006, U.S. Social Security records show 120 babies named Zohara, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,163 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,276 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 120
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zohara is the #9276 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 120 recorded since 2006.
Zohara has 120 recorded births among girls since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9276 as of the latest data, more common than 46% of girls, 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 2006 to 2025.
- #25,163 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,276 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 120 born since 2006
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zohara ranks #25,163 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,276 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 120 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,163 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,276 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 120
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zohara's 120 recorded births place it above 65.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zohara compares
120 28th 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
Zohara's all-time total is 68% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zohara | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 120 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zohara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zohara splits its recorded history at 2017: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2012 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zohara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Zohara by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (61 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Zohara's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Zohara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
- 2010s
2010s
44 births
- 2020s
2020s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 61 births (51% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zohara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~19 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, 2006–2025 (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 Zohara 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.