Zarius
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAIR-ee-us
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Zarius is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Zarius mean?
Modern: Z- variant of Darius
Modern variant of Darius, the name of several ancient Persian kings.
Is Zarius a girl's or a boy's name?
Zarius is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zarius in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Zarius, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the boys named Zarius in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zarius in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
Nicknames for Zarius
- Zar
Names like Zarius
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jasiah, Maximus, Jaylen, Jamari, Zayden, Elias, Atticus, Cassius, Zavian, Mathias, Elijah, Josiah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Zarius: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zarius, updated 20 October 2026.