# Zahran (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zahran/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | “bright”, “radiant” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Zohran |
| US babies named this | 80 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 80 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 70, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زهران (“bright”) and Arabic أَزْهَر (ʔazhar, “radiant”).

## What it means

Zahran is grouped under light.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | 14,028 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8,792 |
| 2017 | 5 | 14,211 |
| 2018 | 10 | 8,142 |
| 2019 | 12 | 7,161 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9,689 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,969 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,793 |
| 2025 | 15 | 6,134 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## 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.