girls:
220 births since 1999
#5496 (4th percentile)
boys:
73 births since 2009
#4513 (2nd percentile)
overall:
293 births since 1999
#7446 (4th percentile)
The name Zariel is the #7,446 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 293 recorded births since 1999. This represents the 3.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,496 (3.8% percentile) for all time with 220 births since 1999. For boys, it ranks #4,513 (1.5% percentile) for all time with 73 births since 2009.
Zariel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1999 (1999 for girls and 2009 for boys). Birth data for Zariel is available in 23 out of the 25 years between 1999 and 2023 (21 years for girls and 11 years for boys). 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.
The name Zariel has been given predominantly to girls, with 75.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 41.2% of babies named Zariel were girls.
For girls, Zariel reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #954) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Zariel ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 42.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Zariel reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #906) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Zariel is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #906 (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zariel".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Zariel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 40.0% confident that Zariel is pronounced as ZAH-ree-ehl, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZAH-ree-uhl, at 25.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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