Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Zara” in the USA?

Number of people named “Zara” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Zara” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Zara” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Zara” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Zara” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Zara” by birth year

This chart shows how “Zara” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1896 5 0.000013987 5 100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 100%
1900 9 0.000019989 9 100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 100%
1910 9 0.000015236 9 100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 100%
1912 11 0.000011133 11 100%
1913 10 0.000008794 10 100%
1914 12 0.000008473 12 100%
1915 21 0.00001146 21 100%
1916 9 0.000004653 9 100%
1917 11 0.000005482 11 100%
1918 9 0.000004145 9 100%
1919 11 0.000005213 11 100%
1920 11 0.000004862 11 100%
1921 14 0.000005997 14 100%
1922 11 0.000004805 11 100%
1923 8 0.000003475 8 100%
1924 12 0.000005039 12 100%
1925 14 0.000006 14 100%
1926 10 0.000004356 10 100%
1927 8 0.000003449 8 100%
1928 10 0.000004423 10 100%
1929 9 0.000004106 9 100%
1931 5 0.000002376 5 100%
1932 8 0.000003789 8 100%
1933 8 0.000004001 8 100%
1934 8 0.000003852 8 100%
1935 5 0.000002392 5 100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 100%
1938 11 0.000004972 11 100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 100%
1940 11 0.000004777 11 100%
1942 13 0.000004759 13 100%
1943 7 0.00000248 7 100%
1944 7 0.000002602 7 100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 100%
1946 12 0.000003756 12 100%
1947 10 0.000002776 10 100%
1949 10 0.00000287 10 100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 100%
1954 10 0.000002512 10 100%
1955 9 0.000002242 9 100%
1956 13 0.000003153 13 100%
1957 5 0.00000119 5 100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 100%
1959 5 0.000001203 5 100%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 100%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 100%
1969 10 0.000002877 10 100%
1970 19 0.000005268 19 100%
1971 15 0.00000437 15 100%
1972 18 0.000005727 18 100%
1973 16 0.000005303 16 100%
1974 17 0.000005592 17 100%
1975 26 0.000008611 26 100%
1976 17 0.000005603 17 100%
1977 18 0.000005667 18 100%
1978 26 0.000008192 26 100%
1979 28 0.000008416 28 100%
1980 31 0.000009 31 100%
1981 27 0.000007805 27 100%
1982 26 0.000007412 26 100%
1983 42 0.000012127 42 100%
1984 26 0.000007453 26 100%
1985 31 0.000008686 31 100%
1986 47 0.000013213 47 100%
1987 37 0.000010262 37 100%
1988 38 0.000010284 38 100%
1989 50 0.000013006 50 100%
1990 66 0.000016698 66 100%
1991 53 0.000013606 53 100%
1992 48 0.000012496 48 100%
1993 52 0.000013792 52 100%
1994 74 0.000019905 74 100%
1995 64 0.000017476 64 100%
1996 81 0.000022209 81 100%
1997 70 0.000019306 70 100%
1998 90 0.000024468 90 100%
1999 111 0.00003005 111 100%
2000 121 0.000032011 121 100%
2001 142 0.000037934 142 100%
2002 145 0.000038788 145 100%
2003 222 0.000058385 222 100%
2004 179 0.000046847 179 100%
2005 270 0.000070224 270 100%
2006 312 0.000078864 312 100%
2007 408 0.000102059 408 100%
2008 376 0.000095658 376 100%
2009 367 0.000096069 367 100%
2010 393 0.000106339 393 100%
2011 449 0.000122752 449 100%
2012 537 0.000146827 537 100%
2013 630 0.000172808 630 100%
2014 765 0.000206401 765 100%
2015 809 0.000218595 809 100%
2016 1023 0.000278846 1023 100%
2017 1156 0.000323249 1156 100%
2018 1281 0.000364345 1281 100%
2019 1321 0.000380589 1321 100%
2020 1335 0.000399632 1335 100%
2021 1412 0.000416771 1412 100%
2022 1438 0.00042505 1438 100%
2023 1283 0.000387473 1283 100%
2024 1327 0.000398678 1327 100%

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