Zarek

#1,852 for boys in 2025, 85 births

Peak · boys
2025 · 85 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,113
since 1989

Zarek over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Zarek has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202003boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,85285
2024#3,98627
2023#6,22014
2022#7,76810
2021#4,62821
2020#4,27523
2019#4,48022
2018#4,22624
2017#3,99326
2016#4,47022
2015#3,43132
2014#2,49250
2013#2,95538
2012#2,59447
2011#2,69944
2010#2,73044
2009#2,75344
2008#2,94640
2007#2,81142
2006#2,93238
2005#2,61442
2004#2,78837
2003#3,04431
2002#2,50439
2001#2,61836
2000#2,25643
1999#1,87952
1998#2,85128
1997#2,90326
1996#4,18515
1995#3,55918
1994#3,75117
1993#4,44713
1992#5,23610
1991#8,2365
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First appearance
1989

The first year at least five boys were named Zarek! It came in at #5,615, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1990–1991, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Zarek is popular in 2003

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedHITexas: #1,904 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 35,338 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Zarek, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#1,904 · 1 in 35,338

Best ever in a state: #534 in Oklahoma, 2001.

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See more about Zarek
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 2,134 spots since 2024 (#3,986 → #1,852)
  • 2,423 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #1,852)
  • 1,579 spots since 2015 (#3,431 → #1,852)
Rise & fade · boys
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1989
  • Peaked 2025 at #1,852 (85 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,095
  • Highest: 1 in 20,095 boys born in 2025 were named Zarek (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 35.2% of all boys named Zarek (392) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s8#5,615 (1989)#5,615
1990s184#1,879 (1999)#4,116
2000s392#2,256 (2000)#2,727
2010s349#2,492 (2014)#3,407
2020s180#1,852 (2025)#4,788

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

Zarek in 2003

boys
#3,044
31 births · 1 in 63,721 boys

Top boys' names in 2003

  1. #1Jacob29,658
  2. #2Michael27,129
  3. #3Joshua25,106
  4. #4Matthew24,011
  5. #5Andrew22,162
  6. #6Joseph21,394
  7. #7Ethan21,362
  8. #8Daniel21,072
  9. #9Christopher20,753
  10. #10Anthony20,149
  11. #3,044Zarek31
More about 2003

boys

1,975,349 boys got a published name in 2003; 1 in 63,721 of them was named Zarek, which outranked 76.1% of the 12,761 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zarek
  1. #2,993Valente32
  2. #2,993Zakariya32
  3. #2,993Zyaire32
  4. #3,044Zarek31
  5. #3,044Abdoul31
  6. #3,044Adrain31
  7. #3,044Angelus31
  8. #3,119Abdelrahman30
  9. #3,119Abimael30
  10. #3,119Adithya30

Tied with 74 names at #3,044; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. ↑ 790Maddox#1,372 → #582
  2. ↑ 762Jahir#1,571 → #809
  3. ↑ 519Yair#1,236 → #717
  4. ↑ 450Jamarion#1,094 → #644
  5. ↑ 413Aydan#1,154 → #741
Fallers
  1. ↓ 819Lisandro#898 → #1,717
  2. ↓ 621Shemar#970 → #1,591
  3. ↓ 362Jaheem#891 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 337Keandre#998 → #1,335
  5. ↓ 334Savion#568 → #902

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

See the top 100 for 2003 →