Zaira Girl
How popular is Zaira?
#1,080 girl name in 2025
224 baby girls were named Zaira in the US in 2025, making it the 1080th most popular girl name.
Zaira popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,080 for girls (▲ 143 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 224 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+60% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,566 in 2015, #1,571 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (224 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,080 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1969 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Zaira counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Zaira family of names ranked #838 for girls in 2025 (#903 the year before), with 279 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zaira | 224 | 80% |
| Zayra | 39 | 14% |
| Zairah | 16 | 6% |
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 Zaira is most popular
Babies named Zaira per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.3 per 1,000 (228 girls)
- Nevada: 0.2 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Illinois: 0.2 per 1,000 (48 girls)
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (161 girls)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (73 girls)
Zaira by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1970s | 58 | #5,091 |
| 1980s | 194 | #2,273 |
| 1990s | 841 | #1,504 |
| 2000s | 1,345 | #1,398 |
| 2010s | 1,393 | #1,372 |
| 2020s | 1,150 | #1,080 |
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Questions
- Is Zaira a boy or girl name?
- Zaira is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Zaira were girls.
- How popular is the name Zaira?
- 224 baby girls were named Zaira in the US in 2025, making it the 1080th most popular girl name.
- When was Zaira most popular?
- Zaira peaked in 2025, when 224 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,080 in 2025.
- How many people are named Zaira?
- 4,986 babies have been named Zaira in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,941 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Zaira most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Zaira was most common in California, at 0.3 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.