How rare is the name Zaira?

5,219 people in the United States have the first name Zaira, about 1 in 57,872. It ranks #3,797 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ZAIRA

#3,797

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,219
About
1 in 57,872
This common or more
83%
Who bears it

Of the 5,219 people named Zaira, 84.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 5.7% as White and 5.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Zaira peaked in 2025, when 224 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19692025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
224
In 2025*
224
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,986 babies have been given the name since 1969. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Zaira by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,300. The largest share of babies named Zaira, 42.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#17,2535
1970s#11,17258
1980s#6,500194
1990s#2,993841
2000s#2,6981,345
2010s#2,8231,393
2020s#2,3001,150
Generation X 1965–801.6%
Millennials 1981–9614.9%
Generation Z 1997–1241.2%
2013 and later42.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Zaira is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Zaira has been most common in California (4.3×), Texas (3.2×), and Arizona (2.7×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.18×).

3,421 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Zaira

#3,795 Arline · 5,222#3,795 Roma · 5,222#3,798 Linwood · 5,210#3,798 Nevin · 5,210

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Zaira, most common first.

#2,104 Zara · 12,764#2,248 Zahra · 11,597#3,527 Zaire · 5,857#7,823 Zayra · 1,904#9,781 Zahira · 1,401#18,408 Zaara · 586#21,875 Zair · 460

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