Girls' name · since 2019

Zurah

11 babies named Zurah in U.S. Social Security records since 2019, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#54,475 of 72,339
all-time among girls
11
born since 2019
2020s
peak decade

Zurah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 11 recorded since 2019.

Zurah has 11 recorded births among girls since 2019, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2019 to 2023.

  • #54,475 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 11 born since 2019
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zurah ranks #54,475 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 2019, peaking in the 2020s.

#54,475 of 72,339
all-time among girls
11
born since 2019
2020s
peak decade
Rare archive record
All-time archive position

Zurah's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Zurah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Zurah's full recorded timeline at 2023, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2019, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Zurah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2023

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2023)
6
Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
4.555.566.5 20192023 6

Zurah by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).

2020s was Zurah's strongest decade.

6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.

Zurah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zurah? ▼
11 babies have been named Zurah since 2019. All-time, it sits at #54,475 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2023 with 6 births.
Where does Zurah sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zurah ranks #54,475 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Zurah most popular? ▼
Zurah was most popular in the 2020s decade with 6 total births. The single peak year was 2023.
How long has the name Zurah been used? ▼
Records for Zurah go back to 2019, giving 5 years of history through 2023.
What names are similar to Zurah? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zuri, Zury, Zurisadai, Zuriel, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Keep exploring Zurah

Nearby Names Like Zurah

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Zurah

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#329 16,844 births
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#5997 796 births
Zurisadai Girl
530 births
Zuriel Girl
#4618 502 births
Zuria Girl
#6457 500 births

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Zurah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2019–2023 (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 Zurah 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.