NameTides

Zahira

Zahira was the #3,645 girls' name in the US in 2025 (41 babies), and #2,788 in England & Wales.

Zahira as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Zahira 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.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Zahira 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.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
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#3,645 (41)#2,788 (9)—
2024#3,892 (38)#3,319 (7)—
2023#3,984 (37)#3,219 (7)—
2022#3,595 (43)#5,670 (3)—
2021#3,339 (47)#3,961 (5)#2,616 (7)
2020#4,548 (29)#5,493 (3)#2,873 (6)
2019#4,260 (33)#4,001 (5)—
2018#5,315 (24)#3,518 (6)—
2017#3,627 (42)#2,706 (9)—
2016#4,083 (36)#2,966 (8)—
2015#4,069 (36)#2,328 (11)—
2014#4,003 (37)——
2013#3,918 (38)#4,050 (5)—
2012#4,216 (35)#2,717 (9)—
2011#3,999 (37)#3,549 (6)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2008 at #2,663.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.

How common is it?

about 1 in 38,000 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 38,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 28,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Zahira is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 44,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 36,000 to 1 in 53,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zahira 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: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,386TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Zahira (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
ZahiraCanadaGirls—too few
ZahiraEngland & WalesGirls#2,7889
ZahiraUSGirls#3,64541