Recorded 1914–1929 Girls' name Peak 1915 45 births

Zorka — girls' name

45 babies named Zorka in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1910s
Peak decade

60% of everyone ever named Zorka was born in this single decade.

1915
Single peak year

6 babies were named Zorka in 1915 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Zorka

The Social Security Administration has registered 45 babies named Zorka between 1914 and 1929, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zorka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1929. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zorka performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Zorka shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zorka in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 45 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Zorka at a glance

Last recorded 1929

Total births

45

Since 1914

16 years of records

Peak year

1915

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1910s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1929

Active since

1914

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 1929

Zorka popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–1914

Last recorded 1929
Peak year (1915)
6
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
4.555.566.5 19291924192319191918191719151914 5

Zorka by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1910s
Peak decade
1910s
27 births that decade — 60% of Zorka's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zorka?
45 babies have been named Zorka since 1914. It was last recorded in 1929. The peak year was 1915 with 6 births.
When was Zorka most popular?
Zorka was most popular in the 1910s decade with 27 total births. The single peak year was 1915.
How long has the name Zorka been used?
Zorka has been recorded in Social Security data since 1914, spanning 16 years of data through 1929.
What names are similar to Zorka?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zora, Zoraida, Zori, Zoriah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1914–1929 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.