girls:
183 births since 2001
#5533 (3rd percentile)
boys:
103 births since 1997
#4483 (2nd percentile)
overall:
286 births since 1997
#7453 (4th percentile)
The name Zohar is the #7,453 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 286 recorded births since 1997. This represents the 3.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,533 (3.2% percentile) for all time with 183 births since 2001. For boys, it ranks #4,483 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 103 births since 1997.
Zohar first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1997 (1997 for boys and 2001 for girls). Birth data for Zohar is available in 22 out of the 27 years between 1997 and 2023 (20 years for girls and 16 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 Zohar has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (64.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 54.5% of babies named Zohar were girls. Interestingly, until around 2001, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1997 to 2000), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (65.1% girls from 2001 to 2023).
For girls, Zohar reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #972) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Zohar ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 36.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Zohar reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #896) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Zohar ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 56.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zohar".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Zohar. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.8% confident that Zohar is pronounced as ZOH-hahr, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZOH-HAHR, at 10.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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