Zaha
Girl · Arabic
Zaha is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Zaha mean?
Arabic
A female given name from Arabic.
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Is Zaha a girl's or a boy's name?
Zaha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zaha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,344among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 147% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Zaha, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zaha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Zaha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,881 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
How popular is Zaha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Zaha, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. It first appears in the records in 2015.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Zaha of any year since it first appeared, in 2015.
Half of all the girls named Zaha in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zaha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
Names like Zaha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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