Girls' name · since 1996
Zoriah
Zoriah has 694 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,571 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,232 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 694
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
694 babies have been named Zoriah since 1996, making it today's #6232 girls' name.
Zoriah has 694 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6232 as of the latest data, more common than 64% 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 1996 to 2025.
- #9,571 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,232 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 694 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zoriah ranks #9,571 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,232 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 694 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,571 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,232 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 694
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zoriah's 694 recorded births place it above 86.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Zoriah compares
694 Top 39% higher than 61% 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
Zoriah's all-time total is 85% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zoriah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 694 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 44 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zoriah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zoriah's full recorded timeline at 2011, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 44 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zoriah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 44
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Zoriah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (265 births, 38% of the file).
2010s was Zoriah's strongest decade.
265 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Zoriah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 29
1990s
29 births
- 2000s
2000s
233 births
- 2010s
2010s
265 births
- 2020s
2020s
167 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 265 births (38% of all-time use).
How Zoriah 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 Zoriah's total volume
Zoriah by state
Where Zoriah concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 31 | 4.5% |
| #2 | Florida | | 16 | 2.3% |
| #3 | California | | 11 | 1.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 10 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.7% |
31 of 694 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Zoriah's data
- Zoriah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (265 total births) through the 2020s (167) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Zoriahs (31 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zoriah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Zoriah 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.