Zera
#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births · Last seen for boys in 1920 at #4,286
Given to girls 98.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1909 · 15 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 693since 1890
Zera over time
Rank among girls' names. Zera has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,133 | 15 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,443 | 12 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | — | |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | — | |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,409 | 15 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 | — | |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | — | |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | — | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | — | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | — | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | — | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | — | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | — | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | — | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | — | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | — | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | — | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | — | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | — | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | — | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | — | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | — | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | — | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | — | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | — | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,264 | 16 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,186 | 17 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,821 | 23 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,674 | 12 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,204 | 15 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #1,738 | 19 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,528 | 15 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,372 | 12 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,052 | 15 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,353 | 6 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | — | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Zera! It came in at #1,338, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1893, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Zera is popular in 1920
No state had 5 or more girls named Zera in 1920, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Zera
- 1,310 spots since 2024 (#8,443 → #7,133)
- 1,820 spots since 2020 (#8,953 → #7,133)
- 4,702 spots since 2015 (#11,835 → #7,133)
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 1909 at #1,052 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1926, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 23,149 girls born in 1909 were named Zera (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 107,151 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 18.6% of all girls named Zera (129) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 46 | #1,338 (1890) | #1,406 |
| 1900s | 82 | #1,052 (1909) | #1,380 |
| 1910s | 129 | #1,372 (1911) | #2,028 |
| 1920s | 122 | #1,821 (1921) | #2,993 |
| 1930s | 33 | #3,226 (1931) | #3,635 |
| 1940s | 33 | #3,687 (1944) | #4,209 |
| 1950s | 18 | #4,833 (1951) | #5,063 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 19 | #6,258 (1974) | #7,291 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 11 | #11,409 (1990) | #12,567 |
| 2000s | 29 | #11,599 (2008) | #15,826 |
| 2010s | 95 | #7,342 (2019) | #11,493 |
| 2020s | 76 | #7,133 (2025) | #8,212 |
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.
Zera in 1920
Top girls' names in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
girls
1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 85,592 of them was named Zera, which outranked 57.3% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,357Willma15
- #2,357Wylene15
- #2,357Zelpha15
- #2,463Zera14
- #2,463Adelyn14
- #2,463Aldora14
- #2,463Alejandra14
- #2,590Adriana13
- #2,590Akiko13
- #2,590Allena13
Tied with 126 names at #2,463; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 212,871 of them was named Zera, which outranked 14.1% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 703 names at #4,286; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.