Girls' name · since 1993
Zori
Zori has 788 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,834 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,935 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 788
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
788 babies have been named Zori since 1993, making it today's #4935 girls' name.
Zori has 788 recorded births among girls since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4935 as of the latest data, more common than 71% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #8,834 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,935 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 788 born since 1993
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zori ranks #8,834 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,935 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 788 born since 1993, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,834 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,935 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 788
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zori's 788 recorded births place it above 87.78% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Maryland.
How Zori compares
788 Top 36% higher than 64% 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
Zori's all-time total is 110% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zori | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 788 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 63 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zori's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zori splits its recorded history at 2010: 81% of all births land in the more recent half, 19% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 63 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zori popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 63
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Zori by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (386 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Zori's strongest decade.
386 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Zori births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 33
1990s
33 births
- 2000s 116
2000s
116 births
- 2010s
2010s
386 births
- 2020s
2020s
253 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 386 births (49% of all-time use).
How Zori 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 Zori's total volume
Zori by state
Where Zori concentrates geographically, total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Maryland | | 68 | 8.6% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 43 | 5.5% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 35 | 4.4% |
| #4 | Texas | | 19 | 2.4% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 12 | 1.5% |
| #6 | New York | | 10 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 10 | 1.3% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.6% |
68 of 788 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Zori's data
- Zori's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (386 total births) through the 2020s (253) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Maryland records the most Zoris (68 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Maryland 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 Zori: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1993–2025 (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 Zori 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.