Zaara
Girl · ZAH-ra · Arabic
Zaara is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Zaara mean?
Arabic: spelling of Zara, probably from Zahra
Zaara is the heroine of the 2004 Bollywood romance Veer-Zaara.
- Say it
- ZAH-ra
Is Zaara a girl's or a boy's name?
Zaara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zaara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Zaara, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 94 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zaara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,245 girls in the UK were given Zaara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #43, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Zaara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,711 |
| 2016 | 22 | #1,552 |
| 2015 | 38 | #1,014 |
| 2014 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 2013 | 62 | #709 |
| 2012 | 45 | #902 |
| 2011 | 69 | #636 |
| 2010 | 57 | #705 |
| 2009 | 70 | #597 |
| 2008 | 58 | #694 |
| 2007 | 43 | #818 |
| 2006 | 43 | #787 |
| 2005 | 94 | #439 |
| 2004 | 31 | #932 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
How popular is Zaara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Zaara, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 2011, with 52 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004.
2025 had fewer girls named Zaara than any year since 2004.
Half of all the girls named Zaara in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,220 girls in the US were given Zaara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #160, up from #6,545 for this spelling alone.
Zaara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,189 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,376 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,734 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 35 | #4,071 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,457 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,219 |
| 2016 | 40 | #3,777 |
| 2015 | 40 | #3,766 |
| 2014 | 45 | #3,484 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 41 | #3,781 |
| 2011 | 52 | #3,172 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 43 | #3,676 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,935 |
| 2007 | 45 | #3,600 |
| 2006 | 47 | #3,413 |
| 2005 | 51 | #3,077 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
Names like Zaara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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