Is Zera a boy or girl name?

Zera is a girl’s name. Of the 703 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 98.6% were girls and 1.4% were boys.

Zera

Recorded 1890–2025 · United States

Zera was most popular in 1921, when 23 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,243 that year. In 2025 it ranked #12,329, with 15 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 703 people named Zera.

Zera over time

Births per year. The dot marks Zera’s peak in 1921. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Zera a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Zera is a girl’s name — 98.6% of the 703 Americans given it were girls and 1.4% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org