Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Zera

#8,861 most common girls' name of all time · #14,815 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1890–2025

Rank among girls
#8,861
Rank overall
#14,815 of 105,966
First appeared
1890
Years on the list
76 of 146
All-time
703
Since 2016
130
Peak year
1921 #1,840
Best rank
#1,087 1909
Girls Boys peak 23/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Zera first appears in 1890. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 15 15 #7,157
2024 12 12 #8,464
2023 12 12 #8,513
2022 15 15 #7,296
2021 11 11 #9,017
2020 11 11 #8,987
2019 15 15 #7,362
2018 15 15 #7,428
2017 13 13 #8,323
2016 11 11 #9,441
2015 8 8 #11,884
2014 6 6 #14,632
2013 8 8 #12,005
2012 6 6 #15,030
2011 8 8 #12,199
2010 5 5 #17,066
2009 5 5 #17,383
2008 9 9 #11,637
2007 5 5 #17,720
2006 5 5 #17,249
2002 5 5 #15,514
1997 5 5 #13,802
1990 6 6 #11,468
1974 8 8 #6,322
1972 6 6 #7,393
1971 5 5 #8,424
1955 6 6 #5,293
1954 6 6 #5,231
1951 6 6 #4,919
1948 6 6 #4,741
1947 8 8 #4,073
1946 5 5 #5,055
1944 7 7 #3,761
1942 7 7 #3,815
1939 7 7 #3,492
1938 5 5 #4,446
1937 7 7 #3,500
1935 6 6 #3,832
1931 8 8 #3,291
1929 5 5 #4,679
1928 9 9 #3,230
1927 8 8 #3,627
1926 6 6 #4,412
1925 13 13 #2,684
1924 11 11 #3,022
1923 16 16 #2,295
1922 17 17 #2,225
1921 23 23 #1,840
1920 14 5 19 #2,504
1919 9 9 #3,259
1918 12 12 #2,716
1917 15 15 #2,249
1916 16 5 21 #2,087
1915 19 19 #1,769
1914 10 10 #2,323
1913 15 15 #1,564
1912 12 12 #1,678
1911 12 12 #1,419
1910 9 9 #1,716
1909 15 15 #1,087
1908 8 8 #1,617
1907 13 13 #1,130
1906 11 11 #1,209
1905 5 5 #2,060
1904 7 7 #1,594
1902 6 6 #1,708
1901 9 9 #1,199
1900 8 8 #1,517
1899 6 6 #1,529
1898 6 6 #1,628
1897 6 6 #1,496
1896 6 6 #1,534
1895 6 6 #1,536
1894 6 6 #1,459
1893 5 5 #1,576
1890 5 5 #1,534