Xara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAR-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,711 for girls
Xara is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 3,711th for girls in the US (40 babies).
Where does Xara come from?
Modern: probably a respelling of Zara or Sara
Is Xara a girl's or a boy's name?
Xara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 40 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Xara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Xara, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2001, with 12 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Xara than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Xara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Xara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
How popular is Xara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,711th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 40 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 40 girls in the US were named Xara, making it the 3,711th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. It first appears in the records in 2004.
2025 had the most girls named Xara of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Xara in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Xara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,711 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,909 |
| 2022 | 36 | #4,039 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,163 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
Names like Xara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dua, Esme, Pippa, Iqra, Alora, Coco, Luna, Lola, Aria, Xena, Aqsa, Ziva
Names related to Xara
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Xara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/xara, updated 20 October 2026.