Zara

#212 for girls in 2025, 1,432 births

Peak · girls
2022 · 1,441 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
20,930
since 1896

Zara over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Zara has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202004girlsat peak
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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#2121,432
2024#2331,333
2023#2361,285
2022#2011,441
2021#2121,413
2020#2171,335
2019#2381,321
2018#2531,282
2017#2821,157
2016#3191,024
2015#401809
2014#420765
2013#482630
2012#552537
2011#634449
2010#718393
2009#774367
2008#780376
2007#718408
2006#856312
2005#920270
2004#1,229179
2003#1,032222
2002#1,338145
2001#1,348142
2000#1,511121
1999#1,532111
1998#1,75190
1997#2,02370
1996#1,80681
1995#2,10164
1994#1,90574
1993#2,41752
1992#2,57648
1991#2,38853
1990#2,02966
1989#2,33850
1988#2,74438
1987#2,65737
1986#2,19547
1985#2,93931
1984#3,32925
1983#2,27242
1982#3,26026
1981#3,14727
1980#2,86631
1979#2,99728
1978#3,00926
1977#3,91118
1976#3,81217
1975#2,81126
1974#3,69517
1973#3,78716
1972#3,40418
1971#3,94315
1970#3,31119
1969#4,72310
1968—
1967#6,8045
1966#5,8096
1965—
1964#5,0088
1963#5,8916
1962#4,5339
1961#4,8828
1960#5,1687
1959#6,2455
1958#6,1035
1957#6,0865
1956#3,32113
1955#4,0699
1954#3,71810
1953#4,2268
1952#4,4837
1951—
1950#5,3015
1949#3,39310
1948—
1947#3,44810
1946#2,88012
1945#4,0256
1944#3,6877
1943#3,8017
1942#2,53713
1941—
1940#2,57211
1939#3,1458
1938#2,57911
1937#3,8006
1936—
1935#4,2045
1934#3,1598
1933#3,1098
1932#3,2748
1931#4,3315
1930—
1929#3,1379
1928#2,95410
1927#3,5618
1926#3,04610
1925#2,48914
1924#2,80912
1923#3,6418
1922#2,95811
1921#2,50914
1920#2,89911
1919#2,81311
1918#3,2449
1917#2,69311
1916#3,0319
1915#1,62221
1914#2,00912
1913#2,03410
1912#1,71911
1911#1,6569
1910#1,6349
1909—
1908#1,5478
1907—
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1905#1,6966
1904#1,6596
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1900#1,3199
1899#1,5965
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1896#1,5835
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First appearance
1896

The first year at least five girls were named Zara! It came in at #1,583, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1896–1899, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Zara is popular in 2004

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedNHWashington: #659 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,598 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #664 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,376 girlsMNIllinois: #1,255 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 9,785 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedWIMichigan: #602 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,711 girlsMINew York: #949 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 6,467 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedIAIndiana: #651 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,065 girlsINOhio: #784 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,752 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #874 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,944 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,205 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 9,535 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedUTColorado: #833 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,939 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedWVVirginia: #836 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,283 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,015 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,316 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Zara, so not publishedHITexas: #1,265 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 9,369 girlsTXFlorida: #1,642 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 13,668 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Michigan#602 · 1 in 3,711
  2. Indiana#651 · 1 in 4,065
  3. Washington#659 · 1 in 3,598
  4. Minnesota#664 · 1 in 4,376
  5. Ohio#784 · 1 in 5,752

Best ever in a state: #58 in Delaware, 2019.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Michigan#602131 in 3,711
Indiana#65181 in 4,065
Washington#65981 in 3,598
Minnesota#66461 in 4,376
Ohio#784101 in 5,752
Colorado#83351 in 4,939
Virginia#83671 in 5,283
New Jersey#87471 in 5,944
New York#949151 in 6,467
Georgia#1,01581 in 6,316
California#1,205241 in 9,535
Illinois#1,25571 in 9,785
Texas#1,265171 in 9,369
Florida#1,64261 in 13,668
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Zara
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 21 spots since 2024 (#233 → #212)
  • 5 spots since 2020 (#217 → #212)
  • 189 spots since 2015 (#401 → #212)
  • Biggest jump: 309 spots in 2005 (#1,229 → #920)
  • Biggest drop: 62 spots in 2008 (#718 → #780)
Rise & fade · girls
126 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1896
  • Peaked 2022 at #201 (1,441 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 2005–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,122
  • Highest: 1 in 1,122 girls born in 2025 were named Zara (0.09%)
  • Its best rank, #201 in 2022, was only 1 in 1,138 (0.09%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 40.0% of all girls named Zara (8,367) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s10#1,583 (1896)#1,590
1900s29#1,319 (1900)#1,555
1910s112#1,622 (1915)#2,246
1920s107#2,489 (1925)#3,000
1930s59#2,579 (1938)#3,450
1940s76#2,537 (1942)#3,293
1950s67#3,321 (1956)#4,839
1960s59#4,533 (1962)#5,352
1970s200#2,811 (1975)#3,468
1980s354#2,195 (1986)#2,775
1990s709#1,532 (1999)#2,053
2000s2,542#718 (2007)#1,051
2010s8,367#238 (2019)#430
2020s8,239#201 (2022)#219

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.

Zara in 2004

girls
#1,229
179 births · 1 in 10,258 girls

Top girls' names in 2004

  1. #1Emily25,042
  2. #2Emma21,625
  3. #3Madison20,628
  4. #4Olivia16,108
  5. #5Hannah15,614
  6. #6Abigail15,436
  7. #7Isabella15,021
  8. #8Ashley14,377
  9. #9Samantha13,786
  10. #10Elizabeth13,577
  11. #1,229Zara179
More about 2004

girls

1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 10,258 of them was named Zara, which outranked 93.5% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zara
  1. #1,225Jesse181
  2. #1,225Xitlali181
  3. #1,228Jamia180
  4. #1,229Zara179
  5. #1,229Selah179
  6. #1,231Brylee178
  7. #1,231Carys178
  8. #1,231Ivette178

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2003
Risers
  1. ↑ 948Rubi#1,561 → #613
  2. ↑ 607Kaydence#984 → #377
  3. ↑ 548Marin#1,383 → #835
  4. ↑ 543Diya#1,416 → #873
  5. ↑ 479Kadence#869 → #390
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,607Arly#949 → #2,556
  2. ↓ 433Shakira#747 → #1,180
  3. ↓ 414Anais#990 → #1,404
  4. ↓ 365Lisbeth#742 → #1,107
  5. ↓ 274Reanna#990 → #1,264

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

See the top 100 for 2004 →