Zara
#212 for girls in 2025, 1,432 births
- Peak · girls
- 2022 · 1,441 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 20,930since 1896
Zara over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Zara has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #212 | 1,432 |
| 2024 | #233 | 1,333 |
| 2023 | #236 | 1,285 |
| 2022 | #201 | 1,441 |
| 2021 | #212 | 1,413 |
| 2020 | #217 | 1,335 |
| 2019 | #238 | 1,321 |
| 2018 | #253 | 1,282 |
| 2017 | #282 | 1,157 |
| 2016 | #319 | 1,024 |
| 2015 | #401 | 809 |
| 2014 | #420 | 765 |
| 2013 | #482 | 630 |
| 2012 | #552 | 537 |
| 2011 | #634 | 449 |
| 2010 | #718 | 393 |
| 2009 | #774 | 367 |
| 2008 | #780 | 376 |
| 2007 | #718 | 408 |
| 2006 | #856 | 312 |
| 2005 | #920 | 270 |
| 2004 | #1,229 | 179 |
| 2003 | #1,032 | 222 |
| 2002 | #1,338 | 145 |
| 2001 | #1,348 | 142 |
| 2000 | #1,511 | 121 |
| 1999 | #1,532 | 111 |
| 1998 | #1,751 | 90 |
| 1997 | #2,023 | 70 |
| 1996 | #1,806 | 81 |
| 1995 | #2,101 | 64 |
| 1994 | #1,905 | 74 |
| 1993 | #2,417 | 52 |
| 1992 | #2,576 | 48 |
| 1991 | #2,388 | 53 |
| 1990 | #2,029 | 66 |
| 1989 | #2,338 | 50 |
| 1988 | #2,744 | 38 |
| 1987 | #2,657 | 37 |
| 1986 | #2,195 | 47 |
| 1985 | #2,939 | 31 |
| 1984 | #3,329 | 25 |
| 1983 | #2,272 | 42 |
| 1982 | #3,260 | 26 |
| 1981 | #3,147 | 27 |
| 1980 | #2,866 | 31 |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 |
| 1978 | #3,009 | 26 |
| 1977 | #3,911 | 18 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 |
| 1975 | #2,811 | 26 |
| 1974 | #3,695 | 17 |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 |
| 1942 | #2,537 | 13 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 |
| 1925 | #2,489 | 14 |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 |
| 1921 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 |
| 1915 | #1,622 | 21 |
| 1914 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- District of Columbia#133 · 1 in 399
- New Jersey#312 · 1 in 1,461
- Connecticut#317 · 1 in 1,301
- Virginia#333 · 1 in 1,516
- Massachusetts#345 · 1 in 1,695
Best ever in a state: #58 in Delaware, 2019.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #133 | 8 | 1 in 399 |
| New Jersey | #312 | 25 | 1 in 1,461 |
| Connecticut | #317 | 9 | 1 in 1,301 |
| Virginia | #333 | 24 | 1 in 1,516 |
| Massachusetts | #345 | 15 | 1 in 1,695 |
| Illinois | #375 | 32 | 1 in 1,836 |
| New York | #385 | 48 | 1 in 1,922 |
| Florida | #388 | 41 | 1 in 1,942 |
| Nevada | #400 | 7 | 1 in 1,475 |
| Maryland | #412 | 13 | 1 in 1,854 |
| Georgia | #465 | 22 | 1 in 2,151 |
| California | #511 | 79 | 1 in 2,647 |
| Tennessee | #520 | 12 | 1 in 2,489 |
| South Carolina | #540 | 7 | 1 in 2,489 |
| Kansas | #602 | 5 | 1 in 2,632 |
| Arizona | #610 | 11 | 1 in 2,816 |
| Kentucky | #613 | 6 | 1 in 3,024 |
| Colorado | #638 | 8 | 1 in 2,800 |
| Texas | #638 | 46 | 1 in 3,442 |
| Washington | #641 | 10 | 1 in 3,045 |
| Michigan | #642 | 12 | 1 in 3,431 |
| Wisconsin | #660 | 7 | 1 in 3,292 |
| Ohio | #695 | 13 | 1 in 3,967 |
| Pennsylvania | #697 | 13 | 1 in 4,058 |
| North Carolina | #716 | 12 | 1 in 3,663 |
| Utah | #733 | 5 | 1 in 3,581 |
| Minnesota | #746 | 6 | 1 in 4,004 |
| Missouri | #820 | 6 | 1 in 4,487 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
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| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 10 | #1,583 (1896) | #1,590 |
| 1900s | 29 | #1,319 (1900) | #1,555 |
| 1910s | 112 | #1,622 (1915) | #2,246 |
| 1920s | 107 | #2,489 (1925) | #3,000 |
| 1930s | 59 | #2,579 (1938) | #3,450 |
| 1940s | 76 | #2,537 (1942) | #3,293 |
| 1950s | 67 | #3,321 (1956) | #4,839 |
| 1960s | 59 | #4,533 (1962) | #5,352 |
| 1970s | 200 | #2,811 (1975) | #3,468 |
| 1980s | 354 | #2,195 (1986) | #2,775 |
| 1990s | 709 | #1,532 (1999) | #2,053 |
| 2000s | 2,542 | #718 (2007) | #1,051 |
| 2010s | 8,367 | #238 (2019) | #430 |
| 2020s | 8,239 | #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 2012
girls
#552
537 births · 1 in 3,279 girls
Top girls' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 3,279 of them was named Zara, which outranked 97.2% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Zara
Biggest movers since 2011
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.