girls:
55 births since 2012
#5661 (1st percentile)
boys:
30 births since 2012
#4556 (1st percentile)
overall:
85 births since 2012
#7654 (1st percentile)
The name Zikora is the #7,654 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 85 recorded births since 2012. This represents the 1.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,661 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 55 births since 2012. For boys, it ranks #4,556 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 30 births since 2012.
Zikora first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2012 . Birth data for Zikora is available in 9 out of the 12 years between 2012 and 2023 (6 years for girls and 4 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 Zikora has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (64.7% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Zikora were girls. Interestingly, until around 2020, the name was more popular for boys (65.2% boys from 2012 to 2019), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 2020 to 2023).
For girls, Zikora reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #925) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Zikora ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 44.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Zikora reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #895) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2017.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zikora".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Zikora. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 71.9% confident that Zikora is pronounced as zih-KAW-ruh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is zee-KAW-ruh, at 25.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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