NameTides

Zahra

Zahra was the #538 girls' name in the US in 2025 (562 babies), and #116 in England & Wales and #176 in Canada.

Zahra as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Zahra as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandCanadaIrelandUS
Zahra as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#538 (562)#116 (418)#183 (22)—#226 (19)#176 (165)—
2024#543 (558)#126 (387)#171 (24)#337 (4)#275 (15)#175 (159)—
2023#555 (546)#142 (346)#263 (14)#302 (5)#247 (16)#147 (174)#97 (71)
2022#607 (491)#147 (333)#303 (11)—#338 (12)#204 (141)—
2021#700 (412)#190 (269)#558 (5)#350 (4)#363 (11)#277 (115)—
2020#591 (493)#174 (289)#220 (17)—#355 (11)#231 (129)—
2019#593 (511)#156 (320)#248 (16)#336 (4)#347 (12)#227 (133)—
2018#587 (520)#162 (333)#244 (16)—#361 (12)#276 (118)—
2017#651 (455)#162 (345)#191 (23)—#365 (11)#257 (125)#94 (77)
2016#675 (433)#154 (359)#240 (17)—#419 (10)#256 (127)—
2015#690 (411)#149 (361)#379 (9)—#532 (7)#222 (148)—
2014#916 (295)#158 (353)#395 (9)—#458 (9)#247 (133)—
2013#899 (285)#167 (314)#344 (11)—#660 (5)#271 (119)—
2012#951 (267)#144 (393)#335 (12)—#677 (5)#269 (123)—
2011#1,017 (246)#154 (345)#317 (12)—#798 (4)#354 (93)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #538.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1973.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,900 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 2,900uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 610common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 810common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 910common

Next year

On its recent trend, Zahra is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,200 to 1 in 2,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zahra by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #564WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #541WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #502MNIllinois: #455ILMichigan: #316MINew York: #267NYMassachusetts: #284MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #711OHPennsylvania: #360PANew Jersey: #263NJConnecticut: #350CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #586CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #811MOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #236VAMaryland: #354MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #748AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #581NCSouth 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: #452GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #530TXFlorida: #692FL
Zahra (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#11392
Quebec2025#26621

Zahra (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ZahraCanadaGirls#176165
ZahraEngland & WalesGirls#116418
ZahraIrelandGirls#22619
ZahraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ZahraNSWGirls—too few
ZahraScotlandGirls#18322
ZahraUSGirls#538562