girls:
2.6k births since 1968
#3364 (41st percentile)
overall:
2.6k births since 1968
#5225 (32nd percentile)
The name Zarah is the #5,225 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,639 recorded births since 1968. This represents the 32.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 32.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,364 (41.1% percentile) for all time with 2,639 births since 1968.
Zarah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1968 (first recorded for girls in 1968). Birth data for Zarah is available in 50 out of the 56 years between 1968 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Zarah reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 20.2% percentile (ranked #765) with 110 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 110 births per million (ranked 20.2% percentile). Despite a peak around 2003, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Zarah ranks #795 for girls (16.1% percentile) with 90 births per million, which is 81.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zarah".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Zarah", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 16 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Zara" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Zara..
Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Zarah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 42.9% confident that Zarah is pronounced as ZAH-ruh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZEH-ruh, at 21.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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