Zerah

#13,183 in 2025Girls' name

Dawning, shining

Zerah has been given to 109 babies in the U.S. since 2006. In 2025 it ranked #13,183 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Zerah, 2025

1 in 474,000

Zerah over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Zerah: meaning, origin, and history

Dawning, shining

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Zerah means

Zerah means “dawning, shining”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Zerah is used in Biblical.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 109 girls were recorded with the name Zerah between 2006 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2015; its best national rank was #11,220 in 2022.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #11,822 in 2015 to #13,183 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Zerah?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 230,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #13,183; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Zerah sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zerah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zerahs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zerah was born before 2015 — so the typical Zerah is around 10 today.

Median birth year: 2015; About 10 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 47.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 109; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 47.7% of all recorded uses (52).

Is Zerah rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −1,039; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: −1,361; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.78×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 77.8%; Peak was 2015 (9)
Years since peak: 10; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 19.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #11,220; 2022

Spellings of Zerah

Zerah is not the most common spelling — Sarah is, with 64.6% against Zerah's <0.01%.

Sarah64.6%1,098,498
Leah15.1%256,488
Vera8.8%149,456
Norah2.0%33,869
Zara1.2%20,930
Selah0.89%15,187
Zariah0.83%14,164
Zora0.60%10,202

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Zerah around the world

Where Zerah ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2021–2025
#4,867
in 2025
South Australia
2010–2010
#801
in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Zerah by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #13,183
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #11,220; 2022
Peak year: 2015; 9 that year
First recorded: 2006
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 109
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Zerah

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Narah Zerina Jyrah Airah Azrah Nurah Zeriyah Ayrah Nyrah Zeruiah Zeriah Lyrah Larah Pharah Adarah Cyrah Ferrah Inarah Jirah Surah Afrah Umrah Torah Verah

Sibling names for Zerah

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Shyann Sydni Halie Sydnie Rhianna Alysa

For a brother

Aaden Kale Caesar Brennen Hamilton Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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