NameTides

Zarah

Zarah was the #1,427 girls' name in the US in 2025 (151 babies), and #845 in England & Wales and #1,065 in Canada.

Zarah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Zarah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Zarah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,427 (151)#845 (42)———#1,065 (25)
2024#1,383 (163)#1,007 (35)#351 (9)#407 (3)#441 (8)#1,479 (16)
2023#1,421 (157)#981 (35)#540 (5)—#625 (5)#1,014 (25)
2022#1,216 (199)#729 (50)#625 (4)—#559 (6)#1,252 (19)
2021#1,331 (168)#860 (41)——#517 (7)#1,229 (20)
2020#1,510 (141)#1,164 (28)#471 (6)——#1,193 (20)
2019#1,528 (141)#1,189 (28)#406 (8)—#871 (3)#1,104 (23)
2018#1,762 (116)#990 (36)#680 (4)—#629 (5)#1,567 (14)
2017#1,505 (147)#915 (41)#501 (6)—#524 (7)#1,123 (22)
2016#1,743 (119)#881 (42)#585 (5)—#750 (4)#867 (31)
2015#1,719 (122)#891 (41)#455 (7)—#660 (5)#1,584 (14)
2014#2,096 (92)#890 (42)———#1,786 (12)
2013#2,279 (81)#839 (45)#816 (3)#440 (3)#747 (4)#1,792 (12)
2012#1,973 (99)#712 (57)#665 (4)—#474 (9)#1,531 (15)
2011#2,026 (96)#776 (48)#810 (3)#444 (3)#465 (9)#1,244 (19)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #1,216.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1968.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 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 11,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Zarah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 9,000 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zarah 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: #965MINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: #624MAOregon: #619ORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,276CAUtah: 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: #651MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: #1,281NCSouth 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: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,460TXFlorida: #1,055FL
Zarah (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#1,1819

Zarah (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
ZarahCanadaGirls#1,06525
ZarahEngland & WalesGirls#84542
ZarahIrelandGirls—too few
ZarahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ZarahScotlandGirls—too few
ZarahUSGirls#1,427151