Zada

#4,661 for girls in 2025, 29 births

Peak · girls
1880 · 13 births
Debut · girls
13 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,108
since 1880

Zada over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Zada has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #466, 1880girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#4,66129
2024#7,59414
2023#4,65529
2022#5,98420
2021#4,16734
2020#4,00535
2019#4,54630
2018#3,43845
2017#3,30548
2016#3,28049
2015#3,17752
2014#3,04155
2013#3,51344
2012#2,77063
2011#2,51172
2010#3,15952
2009#2,80063
2008#2,66369
2007#2,64769
2006#2,05096
2005#1,99395
2004#2,44669
2003#2,57762
2002#2,31070
2001#2,28870
2000#3,27141
1999#4,08828
1998#5,36319
1997#6,84413
1996#5,77116
1995#8,07910
1994#13,4305
1993#13,4425
1992#9,4918
1991—
1990—
1989—
1988#11,7985
1987—
1986—
1985—
1984—
1983—
1982—
1981—
1980—
1979—
1978#9,7505
1977—
1976—
1975#7,9846
1974—
1973—
1972—
1971—
1970#7,0706
1969#7,4715
1968—
1967—
1966#6,5645
1965—
1964—
1963#4,5399
1962—
1961—
1960—
1959#4,03110
1958#3,92510
1957—
1956#5,9525
1955#5,8285
1954#3,01914
1953#4,2268
1952#3,20112
1951#3,48210
1950#3,23511
1949#2,99912
1948#3,13711
1947#3,06112
1946#3,21710
1945#2,45813
1944#2,09617
1943#2,55813
1942#1,91720
1941#3,2528
1940#1,54925
1939#1,63822
1938#2,11315
1937#1,73520
1936#1,48025
1935#1,41827
1934#1,60322
1933#2,05215
1932#1,29332
1931#1,63522
1930#1,28934
1929#1,44728
1928#1,27136
1927#1,52329
1926#1,26238
1925#1,17643
1924#1,53330
1923#1,19742
1922#1,68225
1921#1,29836
1920#1,25537
1919#1,24237
1918#1,33333
1917#1,11041
1916#1,04344
1915#1,11537
1914#1,48019
1913#1,02028
1912#91930
1911#1,07117
1910#71035
1909#96118
1908#84921
1907#94516
1906#81820
1905#90017
1904#88017
1903#73421
1902#84917
1901#85715
1900#72525
1899#87814
1898#76819
1897#55429
1896#84315
1895#98611
1894#64321
1893#76715
1892#76215
1891#64417
1890#9409
1889#75712
1888#63616
1887#66112
1886#65712
1885#8427
1884#64011
1883#57911
1882#6349
1881#6238
1880#46613
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Zada was already there! It came in at #466, and was given to 13 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1955–1957, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Zada is popular in 1928

No state had 5 or more girls named Zada in 1928, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Zada
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2,933 spots since 2024 (#7,594 → #4,661)
  • 656 spots since 2020 (#4,005 → #4,661)
  • 1,484 spots since 2015 (#3,177 → #4,661)
  • Biggest jump: 296 spots in 1891 (#940 → #644)
  • Biggest drop: 361 spots in 1911 (#710 → #1,071)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #466 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1955, 75 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1880–1910
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,000
  • Highest: 1 in 7,000 girls born in 1880 were named Zada (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 55,423 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 22.7% of all girls named Zada (704) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s111#466 (1880)#650
1890s165#554 (1897)#779
1900s187#725 (1900)#852
1910s321#710 (1910)#1,104
1920s344#1,176 (1925)#1,364
1930s234#1,289 (1930)#1,626
1940s141#1,549 (1940)#2,624
1950s85#3,019 (1954)#4,100
1960s19#4,539 (1963)#6,191
1970s17#7,070 (1970)#8,268
1980s5#11,798 (1988)#11,798
1990s104#4,088 (1999)#8,314
2000s704#1,993 (2005)#2,505
2010s510#2,511 (2011)#3,274
2020s161#4,005 (2020)#5,178

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Zada in 1928

girls
#1,271
36 births · 1 in 32,037 girls

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #1,271Zada36
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 32,037 of them was named Zada, which outranked 76.6% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zada
  1. #1,254Susana37
  2. #1,254Tennie37
  3. #1,254Thea37
  4. #1,271Zada36
  5. #1,271Antonina36
  6. #1,271Ardath36
  7. #1,271Creola36
  8. #1,290Andrew35
  9. #1,290Arlean35
  10. #1,290Armida35

Tied with 18 names at #1,271; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,165Jeanine#3,053 → #888
  2. ↑ 1,368Joline#2,256 → #888
  3. ↑ 1,101Lorelei#2,095 → #994
  4. ↑ 1,063Jeannine#1,384 → #321
  5. ↑ 859Romona#1,456 → #597
Fallers
  1. ↓ 860Valencia#924 → #1,784
  2. ↓ 547Kazuko#955 → #1,502
  3. ↓ 386Matilde#924 → #1,310
  4. ↓ 368Glendora#747 → #1,115
  5. ↓ 366Hilma#924 → #1,290

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1928 →