girls:
302 births since 2001
#5414 (5th percentile)
overall:
302 births since 2001
#7437 (4th percentile)
The name Zaraya is the #7,437 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 302 recorded births since 2001. This represents the 3.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,414 (5.3% percentile) for all time with 302 births since 2001.
Zaraya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2001 (first recorded for girls in 2001). Birth data for Zaraya is available in 20 out of the 23 years between 2001 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, Zaraya reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 2.5% percentile (ranked #913) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Zaraya ranks #930 for girls (1.8% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 80.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zaraya".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Zaraya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 31.6% confident that Zaraya is pronounced as zuh-RAI-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is zuh-RAY-uh, at 26.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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