Zahira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- za-HEE-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,644 for girls
Zahira is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “radiant, shining”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 3,644th for girls in the US (41 babies).
What does Zahira mean?
Arabic
“radiant, shining”
Is Zahira a girl's or a boy's name?
Zahira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 41 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zahira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 71% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Zahira, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 12 girls.
2025 had more girls named Zahira than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Zahira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Zahira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Zahira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,644th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 41 about 1 in 39,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 41 girls in the US were named Zahira, making it the 3,644th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 69 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Zahira in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zahira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #3,644 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,892 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,982 |
| 2022 | 43 | #3,593 |
| 2021 | 47 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 33 | #4,259 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 42 | #3,626 |
| 2016 | 36 | #4,082 |
| 2015 | 36 | #4,068 |
| 2014 | 37 | #4,001 |
| 2013 | 38 | #3,916 |
| 2012 | 35 | #4,214 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,998 |
| 2010 | 53 | #3,122 |
| 2009 | 54 | #3,125 |
| 2008 | 69 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 55 | #3,125 |
| 2006 | 63 | #2,778 |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,025 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,744 |
| 2003 | 34 | #3,942 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 34 | #3,098 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Zahira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Hafsa, Aaliyah, Hiba, Abeeha, Rahma, Safiya, Amira, Khadija, Halima, Sumayyah
Names related to Zahira
Zara, Zahra, Zarah, Zaira, Zaria, Zahara, Zahrah, Zahraa, Zahari
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Hamza, Kairo, Liyana, Dua
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, “Zahira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zahira, updated 20 October 2026.