Zorawar
Masculine · “powerful”
Zorawar is powerful in Punjabi — zor, strength, joined to a Persian suffix — and it belonged to a general who conquered Ladakh and died invading Tibet.
How old is the name Zorawar?
Zorawar first appears in US birth records in 2013 — 12 years ago. Zorawar is overwhelmingly a brand-new baby name right now — most Zorawars are still in diapers. About 500 people named Zorawar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Zorawar most popular?
Zorawar peaked in 2024, reaching #1709 nationally. Today it ranks #1886, 177 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
From zor to Zorawar
The story of Zorawar
Zorawar Singh Kahluria conquered Ladakh and Baltistan for the Dogra rulers in the 1830s and died in 1841 in a winter campaign into Tibet, at fifteen thousand feet. Zorawar Singh was also one of Guru Gobind Singh's sons, executed as a child in 1705. The name appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
powerful, mighty
From the Persian and Punjabi zor, 'strength' or 'force', with the suffix -awar, 'possessing' — so 'one who has strength'. The word is ordinary in Punjabi and Urdu and the meaning undisputed. It is used chiefly in Sikh and Punjabi naming.
How the name formed
- zor
- zorawar
- Zorawar
Related forms: ਜ਼ੋਰਾਵਰ · زوراور · Zoravar
Pronouncing Zorawar
ZOR-uh-var
Three syllables, stress on the first. Punjabi gives the final r a light roll.
Nicknames for Zorawar
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
- 2013
- Most boys named
- 202497 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1709reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −14.4%83 in 2025, from 97
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.
Zorawar in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- ਜ਼ੋਰਾਵਰ in Punjabi — transliteration
- زوراور in Urdu — transliteration
- Zoravar in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Indiana. International figures from Statistics Canada. Sources
Zorawars among us
people named Zorawar are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 20,579 born in 2025 was named Zorawar
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Shaine test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Zorawar's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Shaine climbed just as high around 1987, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Shaine's path sketches the road Zorawar is walking now.
Zorawar is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Zorawar is headed
Zorawar is on a steep climb — if the curve holds, 2030 could see around 72% more babies given the name than today. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Zorawar beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Zorawar in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The powerful meaning is transparent, undisputed and unusually strong.
- Two genuinely consequential Sikh figures carry it.
- Three syllables with a front stress, which holds up against a short surname.
- It reads as specifically Punjabi and Sikh.
- Three syllables and an unfamiliar spelling will need dictating.
- The younger Zorawar Singh's story is a martyrdom.
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Frequently asked
- How many Zorawars are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Zorawar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Zorawar in 2025?
- Zorawar ranks #1886 among US boy names in 2025, with 83 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Zorawar?
- About 1 in every 20,579 US boys born in 2025 was named Zorawar — 83 in all.
- Will my child share the name Zorawar with classmates?
- Zorawar will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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