How Many People Are Named Zara?
people named Zara are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 16,732 people in the US has this name
Based on 20,930 babies named Zara in Social Security records from 1896 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,441 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Zara in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zara alive today is about 10 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 13 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zara first appears in the records in 1896 and was given most often in 2022, to 1,441 babies. In 2025, 1,432 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1896 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Zara has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #201, in 2022. In 2025 it ranked #212.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #212 |
| Best rank | #201 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #385 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Zara alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zara were born in California than in any other state: about 2,769 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zara was given 3.4 times as often in District of Columbia, 1.8 times in Maryland and 1.7 times in New Jersey.
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