NameTides

Zahara

Zahara was the #1,285 girls' name in the US in 2025 (174 babies), and #1,639 in England & Wales and #2,475 in Canada.

Zahara as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Zahara as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Zahara as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,285 (174)#1,639 (18)#2,475 (8)
2024#1,202 (197)#2,772 (9)#2,259 (9)
2023#1,269 (181)#1,959 (14)#2,366 (8)
2022#1,190 (202)#1,452 (21)#2,553 (7)
2021#1,197 (202)#1,962 (14)#2,185 (9)
2020#1,349 (163)#1,939 (14)#2,007 (10)
2019#1,366 (165)#1,349 (23)#1,408 (17)
2018#1,461 (150)#1,586 (19)#2,892 (6)
2017#1,422 (160)#1,512 (21)#1,901 (11)
2016#1,403 (166)#1,834 (16)#2,040 (10)
2015#1,416 (163)#1,649 (18)#2,363 (8)
2014#1,590 (135)#1,702 (17)#1,786 (12)
2013#1,570 (137)#1,098 (32)#1,913 (11)
2012#1,432 (159)#1,428 (22)#1,248 (20)
2011#1,480 (151)#1,489 (20)#1,672 (13)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #1,197.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1986.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Zahara is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 8,400 to 1 in 10,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zahara by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,113ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,087NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #878OHPennsylvania: #813PANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,575CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: #119DCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,714TXFlorida: #1,000FL
Zahara (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ZaharaCanadaGirls#2,4758
ZaharaEngland & WalesGirls#1,63918
ZaharaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ZaharaUSGirls#1,285174