Boys' name · since 2018
Zulqarnain
Since 2018, U.S. Social Security records show 18 babies named Zulqarnain, peaking in 2018. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #29,935 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,695 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 18
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zulqarnain currently ranks #11695 among boys' names in America, with 18 babies recorded since 2018.
Social Security Administration records show Zulqarnain recorded 18 times among boys since 2018, holding rank #11695 nationally today, ahead of 16% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2025.
- #29,935 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,695 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 18 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zulqarnain ranks #29,935 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,695 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 18 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #29,935 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,695 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 18
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zulqarnain's 18 recorded births place it above 34.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zulqarnain compares
18 7th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Zulqarnain's all-time total is 95% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zulqarnain | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 18 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zulqarnain's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zulqarnain's SSA record in two at 2023 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2018, with only 6 births recorded.
Zulqarnain popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Zulqarnain by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (12 births, 67% of the file).
2020s was Zulqarnain's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Zulqarnain births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 12 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zulqarnain: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~7 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, 2018–2025 (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 Zulqarnain 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.