Zari

#2,583 for girls in 2025, 67 births · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146
Given to girls 98.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
#1,742
2022 · 119 births
Debut · girls
1990
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,489
since 1990

Zari over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Zari has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998girlsat 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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2025#2,58367—
2024#2,36277—
2023#1,934102—
2022#1,742119—
2021#2,26681#12,1465
2020#2,27778—
2019#2,35576—
2018#2,30279—
2017#3,09152—
2016#3,46445#12,1855
2015#3,53344—
2014#4,00337—
2013#3,40446—
2012#3,16952—
2011#3,84339#12,2875
2010#4,30634—
2009#4,10737#12,4915
2008#4,08938—
2007#4,47533—
2006#5,70923—
2005#8,33013—
2004#6,48918—
2003#5,23523—
2002#4,62126—
2001#4,44727—
2000#4,79124—
1999#5,03921—
1998#4,14227—
1997#3,81529—
1996#5,53117—
1995#4,09925—
1994#4,37623—
1993#4,39323—
1992#7,06712—
1991#6,97612—
1990#7,88010—
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First appearance
1990

The first year at least five girls were named Zari! It came in at #7,880, and was given to 10 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1990–1992, when fewer than 13 girls a year got the name.

Where Zari is popular in 1998

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #3,059 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 44,203 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Zari, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#3,059 · 1 in 44,203

Best ever in a state: #551 in Maryland, 2022.

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See more about Zari
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 221 spots since 2024 (#2,362 → #2,583)
  • 306 spots since 2020 (#2,277 → #2,583)
  • 950 spots since 2015 (#3,533 → #2,583)
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1990
  • Peaked 2022 at #1,742 (119 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,783
  • Highest: 1 in 13,783 girls born in 2022 were named Zari (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 23,989 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 35.2% of all girls named Zari (524) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s199#3,815 (1997)#5,332
2000s262#4,089 (2008)#5,229
2010s504#2,302 (2018)#3,347
2020s524#1,742 (2022)#2,194

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.

Zari in 1998

girls
#4,142
27 births · 1 in 65,443 girls

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #4,142Zari27
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 65,443 of them was named Zari, which outranked 75.0% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zari
  1. #4,023Zenobia28
  2. #4,023Zia28
  3. #4,023Zykia28
  4. #4,142Zari27
  5. #4,142Aiesha27
  6. #4,142Aleeza27
  7. #4,142Alejandrina27
  8. #4,238Adora26
  9. #4,238Adriane26
  10. #4,238Alyissa26

Tied with 95 names at #4,142; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,123Calista#2,820 → #697
  2. ↑ 1,165Ireland#1,983 → #818
  3. ↑ 1,158Abril#2,116 → #958
  4. ↑ 755Mya#993 → #238
  5. ↑ 619Ally#1,036 → #417
Fallers
  1. ↓ 586Yulissa#424 → #1,010
  2. ↓ 462Moesha#943 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 397Yulisa#985 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 376Tonya#905 → #1,281
  5. ↓ 347Xena#765 → #1,112

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

See the top 100 for 1998 →