Girls' name · since 2003
Zuriah
Zuriah has 451 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3217
- among girls today
- 451
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 82%
- more common than other girls
451 babies have been named Zuriah since 2003, making it today's #3217 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zuriah has been recorded 451 times among girls since 2003, currently ranked #3217 nationally and more common than 82% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #3217 among girls today
- 451 born since 2003
- 2020s peak decade
- 82% more common than other girls
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
Zuriah is currently the #3217 girls' name in America, more common than 82% of girls - 451 born since 2003, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3217
- among girls today
- 451
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 82%
- more common than other girls
Zuriah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
More common than 82% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Zuriah was born in this single decade.
50 babies were named Zuriah in 2024 - its busiest year on record.
How Zuriah compares
451 Top 47% higher than 53% of 17,726 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
Zuriah's all-time total is 18% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zuriah | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 451 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 50 | 48 | 19,840 |
Zuriah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zuriah's full recorded timeline at 2015, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 50 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zuriah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zuriah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Currently ranks #3217 among girls.
451 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 50 births in a single year.
Zuriah popularity over time - boys
21 total births recorded since 2010 (Zuriah as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Zuriah accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Zuriah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Zuriah's strongest decade.
210 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Zuriah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 59
2000s
59 births
- 2010s
2010s
182 births
- 2020s
2020s
210 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 210 births (47% of all-time use).
Zuriah decade highlights
- Peak decade 210 births
- Runner-up 182 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Zuriah by state
Where Zuriah concentrates geographically, total births since 2003
Top 5 states
- Florida 2.4% of nationwide
- Texas 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 2.4% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Zuriah's data
- Florida records the most Zuriahs (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 2003–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Zuriah: #3217 Girls' Name - 451 Births, Peak 2024." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/zuriah. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Zuriah 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 June 2026.
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