Girls' name · since 1918
Zoraida
2,092 babies named Zoraida in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,572 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,331 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,092
- born since 1918
- 1960s
- peak decade
2,092 babies have been named Zoraida since 1918, making it today's #13331 girls' name.
Zoraida has 2,092 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13331 as of the latest data, more common than 23% of girls, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.
- #4,572 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,331 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,092 born since 1918
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zoraida ranks #4,572 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,331 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,092 born since 1918, peaking in the 1960s.
- #4,572 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,331 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,092
- born since 1918
- 1960s
- peak decade
Zoraida's 2,092 recorded births place it above 93.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Zoraida compares
2,092 Top 22% higher than 78% 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
Zoraida's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zoraida | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,092 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 62 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zoraida's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zoraida's SSA record in two at 1986 and the more recent half accounts for 31% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 69%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2013, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1961 peak of 62, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zoraida popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (1961)
- 62
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Zoraida by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (554 births, 26% of the file).
1960s was Zoraida's strongest decade.
554 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Zoraida births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1930s 14
1930s
14 births
- 1940s 9
1940s
9 births
- 1950s
1950s
250 births
- 1960s
1960s
554 births
- 1970s
1970s
405 births
- 1980s
1980s
334 births
- 1990s
1990s
225 births
- 2000s 131
2000s
131 births
- 2010s 110
2010s
110 births
- 2020s 54
2020s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 554 births (26% of all-time use).
How Zoraida 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 Zoraida's total volume
Zoraida by state
Where Zoraida concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 738 | 35.3% |
| #2 | California | | 113 | 5.4% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 106 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 101 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Texas | | 82 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Florida | | 18 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Connecticut | | 10 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 10 | 0.5% |
738 of 2,092 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Zoraida's data
- Zoraida's decade-level peak was the 1960s (554 total births); usage has since declined to 54 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Zoraidas (738 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zoraida: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1961)
Similar record span (~107 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, 1918–2025 (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 Zoraida 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.