How Many People Are Named Zerah?
people named Zerah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,164,674 people in the US has this name
Based on 109 babies named Zerah in Social Security records from 2006 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
9 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "dawning, shining" in Hebrew. This is the name of a son of Judah and the twin of Perez in the Old Testament.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Zerah in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zerah alive today is about 9 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 15 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zerah first appears in the records in 2006 and was given most often in 2015, to 9 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 2006 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Zerah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #11,220, in 2022. In 2025 it ranked #13,182.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #13,182 |
| Best rank | #11,220 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #14,764 in the 2010s |
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