# Zahra (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zahra/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,395 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 9,395 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 8,856, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَهْراء (zahrāʔ), an epithet of Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad. As a surname, it is predominantly found in Egypt.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 246 | 1,018 |
| 2012 | 267 | 955 |
| 2013 | 285 | 901 |
| 2014 | 295 | 917 |
| 2015 | 411 | 691 |
| 2016 | 433 | 680 |
| 2017 | 455 | 655 |
| 2018 | 520 | 588 |
| 2019 | 511 | 595 |
| 2020 | 493 | 592 |
| 2021 | 412 | 700 |
| 2022 | 491 | 608 |
| 2023 | 546 | 555 |
| 2024 | 558 | 543 |
| 2025 | 562 | 540 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 345 | 154 |
| 2012 | 393 | 144 |
| 2013 | 314 | 167 |
| 2014 | 353 | 158 |
| 2015 | 361 | 149 |
| 2016 | 359 | 154 |
| 2017 | 345 | 162 |
| 2018 | 333 | 162 |
| 2019 | 320 | 156 |
| 2020 | 289 | 174 |
| 2021 | 269 | 190 |
| 2022 | 333 | 147 |
| 2023 | 346 | 142 |
| 2024 | 387 | 126 |
| 2025 | 418 | 116 |

## People named Zahra

- Zahra Lari, Emirati figure skater
- Zahra Joya, Afghan journalist and feminist
- Farkhunda Zahra Naderi, Afghan politician
- Zahra Abdulla, Finnish politician
- Zahra Mahmoodi, Afghan footballer
- Zahra Ahmadi, English actress
- Zahra Bouras, Algerian distance runner

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.