Zara is an established girls' name that has climbed to its highest level yet, peaking in 2022.
Zara is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #212 for girl births in the United States (and #470 across all names), given to 1,432 babies. Zara was first reported in SSA data in 1896 and peaked in 2022 (1,441 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,432 | 1,432 | #212 |
| 2024 | 1,333 | 1,333 | #234 |
| 2023 | 1,285 | 1,285 | #236 |
| 2022 | 1,441 | 1,441 | #201 |
| 2021 | 1,413 | 1,413 | #212 |
| 2020 | 1,335 | 1,335 | #217 |
| 2019 | 1,321 | 1,326 | #239 |
| 2018 | 1,282 | 1,282 | #254 |
| 2017 | 1,157 | 1,157 | #283 |
| 2016 | 1,024 | 1,024 | #319 |
| 2015 | 809 | 814 | #402 |
| 2014 | 765 | 765 | #421 |
| 2013 | 630 | 630 | #484 |
| 2012 | 537 | 537 | #552 |
| 2011 | 449 | 449 | #635 |
| 2010 | 393 | 393 | #719 |
| 2009 | 367 | 367 | #775 |
| 2008 | 376 | 376 | #782 |
| 2007 | 408 | 416 | #718 |
| 2006 | 312 | 312 | #857 |
| 2005 | 270 | 270 | #924 |
| 2004 | 179 | 179 | #1,230 |
| 2003 | 222 | 222 | #1,034 |
| 2002 | 145 | 145 | #1,344 |
| 2001 | 142 | 142 | #1,355 |
| 2000 | 121 | 121 | #1,517 |
| 1999 | 111 | 111 | #1,538 |
| 1998 | 90 | 90 | #1,761 |
| 1997 | 70 | — | #2,044 |
| 1996 | 81 | — | #1,825 |
| 1995 | 64 | — | #2,124 |
| 1994 | 74 | — | #1,928 |
| 1993 | 52 | — | #2,450 |
| 1992 | 48 | — | #2,611 |
| 1991 | 53 | — | #2,419 |
| 1990 | 66 | — | #2,052 |
| 1989 | 50 | — | #2,370 |
| 1988 | 38 | — | #2,802 |
| 1987 | 37 | — | #2,722 |
| 1986 | 47 | — | #2,227 |
| 1985 | 31 | — | #3,006 |
| 1984 | 25 | — | #3,421 |
| 1983 | 42 | — | #2,309 |
| 1982 | 26 | — | #3,343 |
| 1981 | 27 | — | #3,251 |
| 1980 | 31 | — | #2,939 |
| 1979 | 28 | — | #3,077 |
| 1978 | 26 | — | #3,097 |
| 1977 | 18 | — | #4,068 |
| 1976 | 17 | — | #3,960 |
| 1975 | 26 | — | #2,880 |
| 1974 | 17 | — | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 16 | — | #3,970 |
| 1972 | 18 | — | #3,542 |
| 1971 | 15 | — | #4,121 |
| 1970 | 19 | — | #3,433 |
| 1969 | 10 | — | #5,054 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | #7,846 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | #6,561 |
| 1964 | 8 | — | #5,470 |
| 1963 | 6 | — | #6,586 |
| 1962 | 9 | — | #4,861 |
| 1961 | 8 | — | #5,305 |
| 1960 | 7 | — | #5,692 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | #7,198 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | #7,027 |
| 1957 | 5 | — | #7,008 |
| 1956 | 13 | — | #3,492 |
| 1955 | 9 | — | #4,373 |
| 1954 | 10 | — | #3,963 |
| 1953 | 8 | — | #4,593 |
| 1952 | 7 | — | #4,905 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #6,103 |
| 1949 | 10 | — | #3,610 |
| 1947 | 10 | — | #3,703 |
| 1946 | 12 | — | #3,031 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | #4,553 |
| 1944 | 7 | — | #4,049 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | #4,194 |
| 1942 | 13 | — | #2,665 |
| 1940 | 11 | — | #2,734 |
| 1939 | 8 | — | #3,428 |
| 1938 | 11 | — | #2,727 |
| 1937 | 6 | — | #4,250 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | #4,889 |
| 1934 | 8 | — | #3,448 |
| 1933 | 8 | — | #3,403 |
| 1932 | 8 | — | #3,567 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | #4,972 |
| 1929 | 9 | — | #3,393 |
| 1928 | 10 | — | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 8 | — | #3,871 |
| 1926 | 10 | — | #3,266 |
| 1925 | 14 | — | #2,615 |
| 1924 | 12 | — | #2,972 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | #3,968 |
| 1922 | 11 | — | #3,149 |
| 1921 | 14 | — | #2,629 |
| 1920 | 11 | — | #3,091 |
| 1919 | 11 | — | #3,003 |
| 1918 | 9 | — | #3,509 |
| 1917 | 11 | — | #2,877 |
| 1916 | 9 | — | #3,254 |
| 1915 | 21 | — | #1,671 |
| 1914 | 12 | — | #2,124 |
| 1913 | 10 | — | #2,162 |
| 1912 | 11 | — | #1,841 |
| 1911 | 9 | — | #1,791 |
| 1910 | 9 | — | #1,769 |
| 1908 | 8 | — | #1,673 |
| 1905 | 6 | — | #1,927 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | #1,872 |
| 1900 | 9 | — | #1,429 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | #1,840 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | #1,823 |