Zahraa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAH-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Zahraa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “radiant”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Zahraa mean?
Arabic: spelling of Zahra
“radiant”
A spelling that reflects the long final vowel of az-Zahra, the radiant one, a title of Fatimah, daughter of the Prophet.
Is Zahraa a girl's or a boy's name?
Zahraa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zahraa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,206th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Zahraa, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,389th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 74 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Zahraa than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Zahraa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 1,245 girls in the UK were given Zahraa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #43, up from #2,206 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Zahraa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 24 | #1,389 |
| 2019 | 27 | #1,285 |
| 2018 | 35 | #1,073 |
| 2017 | 32 | #1,150 |
| 2016 | 46 | #881 |
| 2015 | 44 | #900 |
| 2014 | 60 | #712 |
| 2013 | 58 | #746 |
| 2012 | 46 | #885 |
| 2011 | 74 | #596 |
| 2010 | 49 | #805 |
| 2009 | 54 | #736 |
| 2008 | 45 | #825 |
| 2007 | 45 | #789 |
| 2006 | 40 | #824 |
| 2005 | 34 | #883 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,194 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,263 |
| 2002 | 27 | #927 |
| 2001 | 25 | #955 |
| 2000 | 28 | #875 |
| 1999 | 29 | #837 |
| 1998 | 24 | #981 |
| 1997 | 20 | #1,087 |
| 1996 | 34 | #733 |
How popular is Zahraa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,066th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Zahraa, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 62 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
2025 had more girls named Zahraa than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Zahraa in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,220 girls in the US were given Zahraa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #160, up from #4,066 for this spelling alone.
Zahraa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,123 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,603 |
| 2020 | 35 | #4,004 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2017 | 54 | #3,014 |
| 2016 | 45 | #3,464 |
| 2015 | 62 | #2,810 |
| 2014 | 48 | #3,324 |
| 2013 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2012 | 41 | #3,781 |
| 2011 | 43 | #3,602 |
| 2010 | 46 | #3,469 |
| 2009 | 35 | #4,268 |
| 2008 | 39 | #4,005 |
| 2007 | 37 | #4,130 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,744 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,651 |
| 2002 | 30 | #4,175 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,803 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
Names like Zahraa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Safaa, Hafsa, Hiba, Aaliyah, Rahma, Ayah, Zaha, Safiya, Zoha, Sumayyah
Other spellings of Zahraa
Names related to Zahraa
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Hamza, Kairo, Liyana
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, “Zahraa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zahraa, updated 20 October 2026.