How Many People Are Named Zarah?
people named Zarah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 116,650 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,957 babies named Zarah in Social Security records from 1968 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
199 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Form of ZERAH used in some translations of the Bible.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Zarah in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zarah alive today is about 12 years old, and 91% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zarah first appears in the records in 1968 and was given most often in 2022, to 199 babies. In 2025, 151 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1968 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Zarah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,219, in 2022. In 2025 it ranked #1,435.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,435 |
| Best rank | #1,219 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,870 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Zarah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zarah were born in California than in any other state: about 260 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zarah was given 2.5 times as often in New York, 2.4 times in Florida and 1.6 times in Georgia.
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