Zahra Girl
How popular is Zahra?
#538 girl name in 2025
562 baby girls were named Zahra in the US in 2025, making it the 538th most popular girl name.
Zahra popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #538 for girls (▲ 5 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 562 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+37% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #690 in 2015, #591 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (562 girls) |
| Highest rank | #538 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1973 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Zahra counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Zara family of names ranked #153 for girls in 2025 (#166 the year before), with 2,187 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zara | 1,432 | 65% |
| Zahra | 562 | 26% |
| Zarah | 151 | 7% |
| Zarai | 19 | 1% |
| Zahrah | 16 | 1% |
| Zarrah | 7 | 0% |
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 Zahra is most popular
Babies named Zahra per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maryland: 0.9 per 1,000 (91 girls)
- Connecticut: 0.8 per 1,000 (47 girls)
- Virginia: 0.7 per 1,000 (127 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.7 per 1,000 (132 girls)
- New York: 0.7 per 1,000 (284 girls)
Zahra by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 111 | #3,196 |
| 1980s | 349 | #2,234 |
| 1990s | 688 | #1,583 |
| 2000s | 1,540 | #1,151 |
| 2010s | 3,645 | #587 |
| 2020s | 3,062 | #538 |
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Questions
- Is Zahra a boy or girl name?
- Zahra is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Zahra were girls.
- How popular is the name Zahra?
- 562 baby girls were named Zahra in the US in 2025, making it the 538th most popular girl name.
- When was Zahra most popular?
- Zahra peaked in 2025, when 562 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #538 in 2025.
- How many people are named Zahra?
- 9,395 babies have been named Zahra in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,328 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Zahra most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Zahra was most common in Maryland, at 0.9 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.