How rare is the name Zara?

12,764 people in the United States have the first name Zara, about 1 in 23,663. It ranks #2,104 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ZARA

#2,104

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,764
About
1 in 23,663
This common or more
78.5%
Who bears it

Of the 12,764 people named Zara, 31.7% reported their origin as White, 25% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 16.1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Zara peaked in 2022, when 1,441 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18962025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
1,441
In 2025*
1,432 ▼1%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 20,930 babies have been given the name since 1896. 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.

Zara by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #481. The largest share of babies named Zara, 72.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1890s#3,47210
1900s#3,21629
1910s#3,850112
1920s#5,120107
1930s#6,12959
1940s#5,80776
1950s#7,17367
1960s#8,42459
1970s#5,357200
1980s#4,302354
1990s#3,363709
2000s#1,7192,542
2010s#7558,367
2020s#4818,239
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–271.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.6%
Baby boom 1946–640.7%
Generation X 1965–801.2%
Millennials 1981–963.6%
Generation Z 1997–1220%
2013 and later72.8%

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 Zara is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Zara has been most common in Nevada (2.2×), Florida (2×), and Maryland (1.9×), and least common in Mississippi (0.13×).

18,539 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 Zara

#2,102 Fredy · 12,789#2,103 Mustafa · 12,765#2,105 Janell · 12,755#2,106 Scotty · 12,750

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,248 Zahra · 11,597#2,871 Zaria · 8,017#3,797 Zaira · 5,219#7,495 Zarah · 2,032#7,823 Zayra · 1,904#11,331 Zari · 1,138#18,408 Zaara · 586#23,816 Zarya · 409

Also a last name

As a last name, Zara ranks #28,366 of 156,621, with 895 people. See Zara as a last name

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