Zerina

#17,257 in 2025Girls' name

Form of Zarina

Zerina has been given to 208 babies in the U.S. since 1986. In 2025 it ranked #17,257 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 16 recorded.

Babies named Zerina, 2025

1 in 663,000

Zerina 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Zerina: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Zarina

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Zerina means

Zerina is a form of Zarina.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Zerina is used in Bosnian.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Zerina → Zarina. The family’s meaning is “golden”, recorded in the naming reference for Zarina.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Zarina.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 208 girls were recorded with the name Zerina between 1986 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2015; its best national rank was #7,607 in 2015.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #15,048 in 2020 to #17,257 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,607 in 2015 to #17,257 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 Zerina?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 321,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #17,257; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Zerina 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zerina. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zerinas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zerina was born before 2011 — so the typical Zerina is around 14 today.

Median birth year: 2011; About 14 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 40.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 79.8%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 208; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 40.9% of all recorded uses (85).

Is Zerina 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: −2,209; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −9,650; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.31×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 31.3%; Peak was 2015 (16)
Years since peak: 10; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 39.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,607; 2015

Spellings of Zerina

Zerina is not the most common spelling — Erin is, with 23.4% against Zerina's 0.02%.

Erin23.4%316,575
Erica17.1%231,613
Regina13.6%184,272
Erika9.3%125,664
Verna5.1%69,113
Karina4.5%61,464
Serena3.5%47,450
Marina2.9%39,514

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.

Zerina around the world

Where Zerina 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
2010–2024
#5,892
in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Zerina by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #17,257
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 2,209
Best rank ever: #7,607; 2015
Peak year: 2015; 16 that year
First recorded: 1986
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 208
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Zerina

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

Zerlina Zeriah Verina Zorina Solina Yamina Hasina Molina Kelina Zerah Almina Jelina Lumina Zeriyah Nalina Momina Ellina Allina Zeruiah Milina Yelina Armina Zelina Mubina

Sibling names for Zerina

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 Halie Allyssa Sydni Sydnie Rhianna

For a brother

Aaden Kale Caesar Brennen Hamilton Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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