Zerah
Zerah is a name with a single cultural origin: Biblical.
- Biblical
Meaning & Origin of Zerah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Zerah is a name with a single cultural origin: Biblical.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical
The Story of Zerah
Zerah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 2006, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2015: 9 births, good for #10,862 nationwide. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 51% of all recorded Zerahs. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (8 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 102 Zerahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Zerah
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About the name Zerah
Zerah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2006 and has accumulated 102 births in the dataset. Zerah's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #10,862. Use the chart and map above to compare Zerah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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