Zahirah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- za-HEE-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Zahirah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “radiant, shining”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Zahirah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Zahira
“radiant, shining”
Meaning borrowed from Zahira.
Is Zahirah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zahirah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zahirah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zahirah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Zahirah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Zahirah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Zahirah, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Zahirah in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zahirah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
Names like Zahirah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Zainab, Safa, Sumayyah, Nusaybah, Ruqayyah, Aaminah, Ayah, Farah, Safiya, Hibah, Hiba
Names related to Zahirah
Zahra, Zaira, Zariah, Zariyah, Zaria, Zahrah, Zahraa, Zairah, Zahari, Zaryah, Zahira
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Zahirah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zahirah, updated 20 October 2026.