Girls' name · since 1896
Zorah
527 babies named Zorah in U.S. Social Security records since 1896, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,468 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,345 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 527
- born since 1896
- 2020s
- peak decade
527 babies have been named Zorah since 1896, making it today's #3345 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zorah has been recorded 527 times among girls since 1896, currently ranked #3345 nationally and more common than 81% of girls, 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 1896 to 2025.
- #11,468 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,345 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 527 born since 1896
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zorah ranks #11,468 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,345 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 527 born since 1896, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,468 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,345 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 527
- born since 1896
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zorah's 527 recorded births place it above 84.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Zorah compares
527 Top 44% higher than 56% of 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
Zorah's all-time total is 40% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zorah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 527 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 50 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zorah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zorah splits its recorded history at 2012: 72% of all births land in the more recent half, 28% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1896 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 50 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zorah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1896–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 130 years of records
Zorah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (241 births, 46% of the file).
2020s was Zorah's strongest decade.
241 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Zorah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
107 births
- 2010s
2010s
161 births
- 2020s
2020s
241 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 241 births (46% of all-time use).
How Zorah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Zorah's total volume
Zorah by state
Where Zorah concentrates geographically, total births since 1896
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 22 | 4.2% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 10 | 1.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 7 | 1.3% |
| #4 | California | | 6 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Maryland | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #7 | New York | | 5 | 0.9% |
22 of 527 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Zorahs (22 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zorah: 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 (~129 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, 1896–2025 (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 Zorah 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.