Zohar
Zohar is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Zohar
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Zohar is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Zohar
As a girl name
American parents first put Zohar on the record books as a girl name in 2001, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2007, when 20 Zohars were born — ranking #6,552 that year. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 45% of all recorded Zohars. 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 191 Zohars have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Zohar on the record books as a boy name in 1997, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2012, when 9 Zohars were born — ranking #8,158 that year. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 44% of all recorded Zohars. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 110 Zohars have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Zohar
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About the name Zohar
Zohar is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2001 and has accumulated 191 births in the dataset. Zohar's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #6,552. Use the chart and map above to compare Zohar'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.