Zahra

What Zahra means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Zahra yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 8 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Zahra?

US: Rising: up from #690 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #149 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 562 girls got the name (#538 that year). First in the US records in 1973.

How common

• About 1 in 2,860 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 606 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 813 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in VA (1.01 per 1,000 girls), NJ (0.87 per 1,000 girls), MA (0.83 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Zahra is #538 in the US and #116 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Zahra were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Zara1,432 US · 625 E&W
• Sara1,568 US · 427 E&W
• Zora264 US · 20 E&W
• Zaira224 US · 49 E&W
• Zarah151 US · 42 E&W
• Zyra118 US · 41 E&W
• Saira79 US · 20 E&W
• Zari67 US · 11 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Zahra

Girls

• Amina#315“faithful, trustworthy”^*
• Maryam#351Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #52 vs #351 in 2025
• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Alia#587Feminine form of Ali, meaning “high, exalted”^*
• Amirah#490Variant of Amira, meaning “princess”^*
• Salem#435Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,425 in 2015, #435 in 2025

For a brother

• Amir#105“commander, prince”^*
• Muhammad#239“praised, commendable, laudable”^*
• Ibrahim#351Editor’s note Up from #436 in 2015 to #351 in 2025 in the US
• Yusuf#449Same root as Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Musa#469Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #64 vs #469 in 2025
• Laith#893Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #254 vs #893 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Arabic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Zahra’s. Rank is US 2025.