Zamara
Feminine
Zamara is a recent American name, and the honest account of it is short. What it has going for it is a shape — Z at the front, three open syllables, an ending shared with a dozen familiar names — and a resemblance to a Hebrew root about singing that nobody has actually traced.
How old is the name Zamara?
Zamara first appears in US birth records in 1990 — 35 years ago. The typical Zamara is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 900 people named Zamara are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Zamara most popular?
Zamara peaked in 2024, reaching #2491 nationally. Today it ranks #2778, 287 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
Lists built from the same records:
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Zamara
Our story of Zamara begins with the letter Z, which American naming discovered late and has been making up for ever since. Almost nothing in English starts with it, which means a name that does arrives already distinct — no crowd to stand out from, no other child in the class. Put it in front of an -amara ending that Amara, Samara and Tamara had already made familiar, and you have a name that sounds established the first time anyone hears it. That is what it was built to do. Whether a Hebrew song is somewhere behind it we cannot say, and it would be pleasant if it were, but the shape is the part we can vouch for.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Nothing is documented. The Hebrew root z-m-r is real and productive — zemer is a song, zamir a nightingale, and zimrah a melody — and Zamara is often connected to it on naming sites without any source being given. Spanish zamarra, a sheepskin coat, and the city of Zamora are separate words that resemble it. None of these is recorded as the origin, and picking one would be inventing an etymology rather than finding one.
Pronouncing Zamara
zah-MAR-ah
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. zuh-MARE-uh, with a flatter middle vowel, is also heard in American English and neither has become standard.
Nicknames for Zamara
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1990
- Most girls named
- 202472 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2491reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −15.3%61 in 2025, from 72
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Zamara in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Zamaras among us
people named Zamara are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 26,349 born in 2025 was named Zamara
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Zamara
- #2778
- Zamara on the 2025 chart
- #892
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Zamara went to 61 girls in 2025, but Zamarah is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 68, which makes it the 892nd most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,886 places above the chart.
- Zamara61
- Zamarah7
About 1 girl in 23,636 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 26,349 for Zamara itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Cheryn test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Zamara's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Cheryn climbed just as high around 1948, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Cheryn's path sketches the road Zamara is walking now.
Zamara sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Zamara is headed
Zamara looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 15% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Zamara beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Zamara in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Every sound in it is easy in English, so it is said correctly on sight more often than most new names.
- Mara is a natural short form and a complete name elsewhere.
- The Z opening makes it distinctive on a page without making it hard to say.
- It has no documented origin, so any meaning offered for it is supplied rather than found.
- Zamara, Zamarah and Zamaria are all in use and none is standard.
- It sits very close to Samara, Tamara and Amara and will be misheard as all three.
Nobody names a baby alone.
Put Zamara to the vote.
Add it to a family vote or a couple’s swipe deck — the other person gets one card, a simple answer and room to say why. No app, no account for them.
Only the people you invite can see your list.
Already decided on Zamara? Hide it among decoys and let them guess.
What they receive
Someone added a name to your list
Zamara
Feminine · #2778 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Zamaras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Zamara are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Zamara?
- Zamara is the most-used spelling in US records — 61 of the 68 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Zamarah.
- How popular is the name Zamara in 2025?
- Zamara ranks #2778 among US girl names in 2025, with 61 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Zamara?
- About 1 in every 26,349 US girls born in 2025 was named Zamara — 61 in all.
- Will my child share the name Zamara with classmates?
- Zamara will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Zamara
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Eugenia#2778 · Amour#2778 · Wynona#2778 · Joie#2778 · Bennie#2778 · Havyn#2778 · Wisdom#2778 · Aela#2778
Looking for what else is popular rather than what resembles Zamara? See the current top 100.
Choosing between Zamara and another name?
See them side by side — full stats, history and a gentle verdict.
Compare side by sideIn a hurry? Just pick a winner — one tap, no sign-up, and you see how everyone else voted.
Weighing a whole shortlist? Add the rest in the builder, or settle it with a bracket.
Cast your vote
Which one would you pick?
Your gut first, the numbers after — the split shows once you pick.
US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
No advertising trackers and no data sellinghow we handle your dataindependent and founder-run, about Name Battle