Zahira Girl
How popular is Zahira?
#3,644 girl name in 2025
41 baby girls were named Zahira in the US in 2025, making it the 3644th most popular girl name.
Zahira popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,644 for girls (▲ 248 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 41 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+14% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,068 in 2015, #4,546 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (69 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,663 in 2008 |
| First recorded | 1975 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Zahira counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Zahira family of names ranked #2,445 for girls in 2025 (#2,555 the year before), with 47 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zahira | 41 | 87% |
| Zahirah | 6 | 13% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Zahira is most popular
Babies named Zahira per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (23 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (8 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (15 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Zahira by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1980s | 80 | #3,098 |
| 1990s | 124 | #4,518 |
| 2000s | 411 | #2,663 |
| 2010s | 371 | #3,122 |
| 2020s | 235 | #3,338 |
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Questions
- Is Zahira a boy or girl name?
- Zahira is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Zahira were girls.
- How popular is the name Zahira?
- 41 baby girls were named Zahira in the US in 2025, making it the 3644th most popular girl name.
- When was Zahira most popular?
- Zahira peaked in 2008, when 69 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,663 in 2008.
- How many people are named Zahira?
- 1,226 babies have been named Zahira in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,215 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Zahira most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Zahira was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.