# Zohra (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zohra/  
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 | “venus” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 434 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 434 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 349, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زُهْرَة (zuhra, “Venus”).

## 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 | 10 | 11,177 |
| 2012 | 14 | 8,626 |
| 2013 | 5 | 19,263 |
| 2014 | 14 | 8,482 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,999 |
| 2016 | 13 | 8,870 |
| 2017 | 14 | 8,294 |
| 2018 | 23 | 5,614 |
| 2019 | 12 | 9,106 |
| 2020 | 18 | 6,627 |
| 2021 | 18 | 6,690 |
| 2022 | 23 | 5,635 |
| 2023 | 17 | 6,919 |
| 2024 | 21 | 5,960 |
| 2025 | 10 | 10,101 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,903 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,991 |
| 2013 | 13 | 2,062 |
| 2014 | 12 | 2,203 |
| 2015 | 12 | 2,195 |
| 2016 | 14 | 2,008 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,497 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,615 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,325 |
| 2023 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2024 | 19 | 1,603 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,892 |

## People named Zohra

- Zohra Drif, Algerian politician
- Zohra Bensemra, Algerian photographer (born 1968)
- Fatma Zohra Zamoum, Algerian writer, filmmaker (born 1967)
- Zohra Lampert, actress
- Zohra Aghamirova, Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnast
- Zohra Bensalem, Algerian volleyball player
- Zohra Begum Kazi, 1st Bengali Muslim Physician
- Zohra Rasekh, Afghan physician, diplomat, and feminist
- Zohra Derdouri, Algerian politician Minister of Post, Information Technology and Communication Women
- Zohra Opoku, German–Ghanaian textile artist (born 1976)

## 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.