Zemirah
Zemirah was the 3574th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 43 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2692nd with 65 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 656 places. More babies were named Zemirah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,574 girls, up 688 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 43girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202465 babies
- Total since 1880
- 728babies recorded
Zemirah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #3,574 | 43 |
| 2020 | #4,262 | 33 |
| 2010 | #5,769 | 24 |
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How popular is Zemirah, counting every spelling?
Zemirah is a spelling of Zemira, a name family that had 88 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 88 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zemira | 45 | #3,457 | 267 |
| Zemirah | 43 | #3,574 | 215 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Zemirah?
43 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Zemirah (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Zemirah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 195 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Zemirah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Zemirah?
About 700 people born in the US named Zemirah are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 5 and 14. That makes Zemirah a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Zemirah by state
How common Zemirah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Zemirah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Zemirah, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Zemirah
How popular is the name Zemirah?
Zemirah was the 3574th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 43 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2692nd with 65 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 656 places. More babies were named Zemirah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Zemirah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Zemirah in the US.
Where is Zemirah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Zemirah was most common in Texas (0.03 per 1,000 girls), followed by Illinois and California.