Zera

#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births · Last seen for boys in 1920 at #4,286
Given to girls 98.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1909 · 15 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
693
since 1890

Zera over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Zera has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201907peak #1,052, 1909girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,13315
2024#8,44312
2023#8,48612
2022#7,28115
2021#8,97811
2020#8,95311
2019#7,34215
2018#7,40915
2017#8,29913
2016#9,41111
2015#11,8358
2014#14,5586
2013#11,9698
2012#14,9626
2011#12,1538
2010#16,9925
2009#17,2945
2008#11,5999
2007#17,6365
2006#17,1685
2005
2004
2003
2002#15,4325
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997#13,7245
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990#11,4096
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
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1976
1975
1974#6,2588
1973
1972#7,2926
1971#8,3245
1970
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1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962
1961
1960
1959
1958
1957
1956
1955#5,2086
1954#5,1486
1953
1952
1951#4,8336
1950
1949
1948#4,6516
1947#4,0078
1946#4,9605
1945
1944#3,6877
1943
1942#3,7387
1941
1940
1939#3,4297
1938#4,3425
1937#3,4347
1936
1935#3,7426
1934
1933
1932
1931#3,2268
1930
1929#4,5705
1928#3,1649
1927#3,5618
1926#4,3066
1925#2,61713
1924#2,97311
1923#2,26416
1922#2,18617
1921#1,82123
1920#2,46314#4,2865
1919#3,2199
1918#2,67412
1917#2,20415
1916#2,02816#3,8975
1915#1,73819
1914#2,26510
1913#1,52815
1912#1,62012
1911#1,37212
1910#1,6349
1909#1,05215
1908#1,5478
1907#1,09213
1906#1,15411
1905#1,9315
1904#1,4867
1903
1902#1,5946
1901#1,1369
1900#1,4318
1899#1,3946
1898#1,5026
1897#1,3856
1896#1,4166
1895#1,4266
1894#1,3536
1893#1,4375
1892
1891
1890#1,3385
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1890

The first year at least five girls were named Zera! It came in at #1,338, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1893, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Zera
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 1,310 spots since 2024 (#8,443#7,133)
  • 1,820 spots since 2020 (#8,953#7,133)
  • 4,702 spots since 2015 (#11,835#7,133)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 1909 at #1,052 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1926, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 23,149
  • Highest: 1 in 23,149 girls born in 1909 were named Zera (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 107,151 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 18.6% of all girls named Zera (129) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s46#1,338 (1890)#1,406
1900s82#1,052 (1909)#1,380
1910s129#1,372 (1911)#2,028
1920s122#1,821 (1921)#2,993
1930s33#3,226 (1931)#3,635
1940s33#3,687 (1944)#4,209
1950s18#4,833 (1951)#5,063
1960s0
1970s19#6,258 (1974)#7,291
1980s0
1990s11#11,409 (1990)#12,567
2000s29#11,599 (2008)#15,826
2010s95#7,342 (2019)#11,493
2020s76#7,133 (2025)#8,212

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Zera in 1907

girls
#1,092
13 births · 1 in 24,505 girls

Top girls' names in 1907

  1. #1Mary17,580
  2. #2Helen7,579
  3. #3Margaret6,713
  4. #4Anna5,575
  5. #5Ruth5,573
  6. #6Dorothy4,967
  7. #7Elizabeth4,624
  8. #8Mildred4,277
  9. #9Alice4,107
  10. #10Marie3,880
  11. #1,092Zera13
More about 1907

girls

318,564 girls got a published name in 1907; 1 in 24,505 of them was named Zera, which outranked 54.5% of the 2,399 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zera
  1. #1,037Vernon14
  2. #1,037Vicenta14
  3. #1,037Zena14
  4. #1,092Zera13
  5. #1,092Aimee13
  6. #1,092Ammie13
  7. #1,092Annalee13
  8. #1,142Abigail12
  9. #1,142Alla12
  10. #1,142Aretha12

Tied with 49 names at #1,092; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1906
Risers
  1. 1,028Lota#1,951#923
  2. 1,028Tula#1,951#923
  3. 961Cleda#1,951#990
  4. 961Ingrid#1,951#990
  5. 961Santa#1,951#990
Fallers
  1. 926Macy#895#1,821
  2. 742Libbie#642#1,384
  3. 736Hertha#776#1,512
  4. 719Zadie#793#1,512
  5. 674Anabel#965#1,639

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1907