NameTides

Zara

Zara was the #212 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,432 babies), and #73 in England & Wales and #159 in Canada.

Zara as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Zara as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandIrelandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Zara as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear 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 IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#212 (1,432)#73 (625)#56 (71)#55 (35)#66 (78)#159 (176)#47 (134)#40 (140)
2024#233 (1,333)#69 (666)#36 (98)#64 (32)#65 (83)#165 (167)#58 (115)#41 (137)
2023#236 (1,285)#73 (631)#34 (111)#32 (56)#57 (96)#126 (203)#35 (156)#44 (121)
2022#201 (1,441)#70 (685)#51 (87)#46 (46)#88 (63)#108 (228)#31 (178)#30 (150)
2021#212 (1,413)#69 (773)#47 (92)#38 (52)#54 (111)#133 (207)#29 (193)#29 (170)
2020#217 (1,335)#73 (712)#62 (69)#45 (45)#70 (76)#163 (167)#32 (192)#24 (190)
2019#238 (1,321)#66 (805)#39 (109)#50 (44)#43 (130)#147 (195)#30 (198)#23 (214)
2018#253 (1,282)#68 (765)#44 (108)#37 (62)#53 (112)#118 (224)#32 (201)#24 (168)
2017#282 (1,157)#70 (842)#36 (127)#38 (53)#53 (117)#158 (190)#30 (207)#24 (190)
2016#319 (1,024)#68 (876)#40 (113)#39 (55)#57 (108)#162 (190)#23 (262)#27 (158)
2015#401 (809)#72 (799)#65 (78)#46 (48)#69 (97)#170 (181)#29 (224)#23 (166)
2014#420 (765)#67 (838)#54 (96)#45 (50)#63 (109)#229 (146)#25 (240)#19 (195)
2013#482 (630)#70 (780)#58 (92)#45 (50)#59 (122)#210 (160)#28 (216)#19 (218)
2012#552 (537)#71 (886)#59 (89)#35 (68)#68 (102)#206 (163)#27 (208)#26 (154)
2011#634 (449)#73 (790)#64 (88)#51 (49)#82 (90)#219 (145)#26 (224)#21 (156)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #212.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1896.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 410common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 250common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 210common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 270common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 850common

Next year

On its recent trend, Zara is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,100 to 1 in 1,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zara by state, 2025Alaska: #134AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #230WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #205NHWashington: #210WAIdaho: #221IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #101NDMinnesota: #212MNIllinois: #221ILMichigan: #219MINew York: #183NYMassachusetts: #235MAOregon: #429ORNevada: #150NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #390IAIndiana: #226INOhio: #230OHPennsylvania: #120PANew Jersey: #176NJConnecticut: #192CTRhode Island: #120RICalifornia: #236CAUtah: #212UTColorado: #277CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #208MOKentucky: #233KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #153VAMaryland: #189MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #219AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: #212KSArkansas: #188ARTennessee: #453TNNorth Carolina: #223NCSouth Carolina: #278SCDistrict of Columbia: #93DCOklahoma: #340OKLouisiana: #295LAMississippi: #384MSAlabama: #348ALGeorgia: #219GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #202TXFlorida: #192FL
Zara (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#13183
Quebec2025#5408

Zara (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
ZaraCanadaGirls#159176
ZaraEngland & WalesGirls#73625
ZaraIrelandGirls#6678
ZaraNorthern IrelandGirls#5535
ZaraNSWGirls#47134
ZaraScotlandGirls#5671
ZaraUSGirls#2121,432
ZaraVICGirls#40140