Girls' name · since 1969
Zorana
Since 1969, U.S. Social Security records show 102 babies named Zorana, peaking in 1974. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,958 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 102
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Zorana is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 102 have been recorded since 1969.
Zorana has 102 recorded births among girls since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 1979.
- #26,958 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 102 born since 1969
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zorana ranks #26,958 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 102 born since 1969, peaking in the 1970s.
- #26,958 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 102
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Zorana's 102 recorded births place it above 62.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zorana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zorana splits its recorded history at 1974: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1969 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1974 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zorana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1979
- Peak year (1974)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Zorana by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (97 births, 95% of the file).
1970s was Zorana's strongest decade.
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 95% of all-time use.
Zorana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
97 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 97 births (95% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zorana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~10 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, 1969–1979 (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 Zorana 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.