# Zara (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zara/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | “flower” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Zarah |
| US babies named this | 20,930 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 20,930 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 20,002, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A 20th-century variant of Sarah, or explained as Arabic زَهْرَة (zahra, “flower”); given to the daughter of Princess Anne in 1981.

## What it means

Zara is grouped under flower.

## 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 | 449 | 635 |
| 2012 | 537 | 552 |
| 2013 | 630 | 484 |
| 2014 | 765 | 421 |
| 2015 | 809 | 402 |
| 2016 | 1,024 | 319 |
| 2017 | 1,157 | 283 |
| 2018 | 1,282 | 254 |
| 2019 | 1,321 | 239 |
| 2020 | 1,335 | 217 |
| 2021 | 1,413 | 212 |
| 2022 | 1,441 | 201 |
| 2023 | 1,285 | 236 |
| 2024 | 1,333 | 234 |
| 2025 | 1,432 | 212 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 790 | 73 |
| 2012 | 886 | 71 |
| 2013 | 780 | 70 |
| 2014 | 838 | 67 |
| 2015 | 799 | 72 |
| 2016 | 876 | 68 |
| 2017 | 842 | 70 |
| 2018 | 765 | 68 |
| 2019 | 805 | 66 |
| 2020 | 712 | 73 |
| 2021 | 773 | 69 |
| 2022 | 685 | 70 |
| 2023 | 631 | 73 |
| 2024 | 666 | 69 |
| 2025 | 625 | 73 |

## People named Zara

- Zara Tindall, British Olympic equestrian; daughter of Anne, Princess Royal
- Zara Rutherford, Belgian-British pilot
- Zara Yaqob, Emperor of Ethiopia
- Zara Whites, Dutch pornographic actress and political activist
- Zara Nelsova, Canadian musician (1918–2002)
- Zara Mahamat Yacoub, Chadian film maker, director and journalist
- Zara Cully, actress (1892-1978)
- Pfeiffer Georgi, English cyclist

## 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.