Zahrah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAH-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Zahrah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “flower, blossom”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Zahrah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Zahra
“flower, blossom”
Arabic zahra means flower; az-Zahra, 'the radiant', is a title of Fatimah, daughter of the Prophet Muhammad.
Is Zahrah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zahrah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zahrah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,076th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Zahrah, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 41 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zahrah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2013. 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 Zahrah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #43, up from #2,076 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Zahrah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,781 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 20 | #1,617 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,756 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 22 | #1,475 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,212 |
| 2008 | 28 | #1,141 |
| 2007 | 41 | #848 |
| 2006 | 35 | #915 |
| 2005 | 37 | #825 |
| 2004 | 22 | #1,154 |
| 2003 | 30 | #916 |
| 2002 | 27 | #927 |
| 2001 | 35 | #768 |
| 2000 | 34 | #755 |
| 1999 | 28 | #861 |
| 1998 | 32 | #789 |
| 1997 | 23 | #995 |
| 1996 | 24 | #924 |
How popular is Zahrah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Zahrah, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Zahrah in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,220 girls in the US were given Zahrah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #160, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.
Zahrah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
Names like Zahrah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zainab, Safa, Aaliyah, Farah, Nusaybah, Ayah, Hibah, Sumayyah, Zairah, Hafsa, Ruqayyah, Hiba
Other spellings of Zahrah
Names related to Zahrah
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, “Zahrah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zahrah, updated 20 October 2026.