Zahra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAH-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #124 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #538 for girls
Zahra is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “radiant; also flower”. In 2025 it ranked 124th for girls in the UK (440 babies) and 538th for girls in the US (562 babies).
What does Zahra mean?
Arabic
“radiant; also flower”
Al-Zahra, the radiant one, is a title of Fatimah, daughter of the Prophet Muhammad; zahra is also Arabic for flower.
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Is Zahra a girl's or a boy's name?
Zahra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 440 girls in the UK and 562 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zahra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 124th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 440 about 1 in 630 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.2% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 440 girls in the UK were named Zahra, making it the 124th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 183rd.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Zahra of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Zahra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,245 girls in the UK were given Zahra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #43, up from #124 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 116th in England and Wales and 183rd in Scotland.
Zahra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 440 | #124 |
| 2024 | 415 | #133 |
| 2023 | 365 | #151 |
| 2022 | 344 | #163 |
| 2021 | 278 | #204 |
| 2020 | 306 | #183 |
| 2019 | 340 | #170 |
| 2018 | 349 | #173 |
| 2017 | 368 | #168 |
| 2016 | 376 | #166 |
| 2015 | 370 | #165 |
| 2014 | 362 | #173 |
| 2013 | 325 | #183 |
| 2012 | 405 | #155 |
| 2011 | 357 | #165 |
| 2010 | 361 | #167 |
| 2009 | 370 | #164 |
| 2008 | 414 | #147 |
| 2007 | 364 | #170 |
| 2006 | 349 | #174 |
| 2005 | 288 | #193 |
| 2004 | 246 | #210 |
| 2003 | 231 | #221 |
| 2002 | 233 | #208 |
| 2001 | 188 | #244 |
| 2000 | 190 | #248 |
| 1999 | 160 | #274 |
| 1998 | 160 | #274 |
| 1997 | 158 | #270 |
| 1996 | 108 | #358 |
How popular is Zahra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 538th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 562 about 1 in 2,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 562 girls in the US were named Zahra, making it the 538th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 591st. It first appears in the records in 1973.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Zahra of any year since it first appeared, in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Zahra in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,220 girls in the US were given Zahra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #160, up from #538 for this spelling alone.
Zahra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 562 | #538 |
| 2024 | 558 | #543 |
| 2023 | 546 | #555 |
| 2022 | 491 | #607 |
| 2021 | 412 | #700 |
| 2020 | 493 | #591 |
| 2019 | 511 | #593 |
| 2018 | 520 | #587 |
| 2017 | 455 | #651 |
| 2016 | 433 | #675 |
| 2015 | 411 | #690 |
| 2014 | 295 | #916 |
| 2013 | 285 | #899 |
| 2012 | 267 | #951 |
| 2011 | 246 | #1,017 |
| 2010 | 222 | #1,110 |
| 2009 | 220 | #1,151 |
| 2008 | 187 | #1,320 |
| 2007 | 208 | #1,205 |
| 2006 | 153 | #1,454 |
| 2005 | 172 | #1,297 |
| 2004 | 122 | #1,600 |
| 2003 | 139 | #1,421 |
| 2002 | 118 | #1,572 |
| 2001 | 108 | #1,669 |
| 2000 | 113 | #1,569 |
| 1999 | 89 | #1,783 |
| 1998 | 92 | #1,719 |
| 1997 | 101 | #1,583 |
| 1996 | 85 | #1,750 |
| 1995 | 82 | #1,757 |
| 1994 | 48 | #2,580 |
| 1993 | 46 | #2,634 |
| 1992 | 56 | #2,313 |
| 1991 | 42 | #2,784 |
| 1990 | 47 | #2,518 |
| 1989 | 50 | #2,333 |
| 1988 | 38 | #2,739 |
| 1987 | 48 | #2,234 |
| 1986 | 40 | #2,469 |
| 1985 | 43 | #2,316 |
| 1984 | 29 | #2,991 |
| 1983 | 41 | #2,309 |
| 1982 | 26 | #3,259 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,858 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,236 |
| 1978 | 24 | #3,196 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,040 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
Names like Zahra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Hafsa, Aaliyah, Amira, Ayah, Khadija, Hiba, Summer, Ayra, Rahma, Huda
Other spellings of Zahra
Names related to Zahra
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, “Zahra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zahra, updated 20 October 2026.