Zaira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZY-ra
- UK rank, 2025
- #765 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,080 for girls
Zaira is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 765th for girls in the UK (52 babies) and 1,080th for girls in the US (224 babies).
What does Zaira mean?
Bellini's 1829 opera Zaira was based on Voltaire's tragedy Zaire, set in Jerusalem during the Crusades.
Is Zaira a girl's or a boy's name?
Zaira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 52 girls in the UK and 224 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zaira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #765among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 52about 1 in 5,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 123% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 52 girls in the UK were named Zaira, making it the 765th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,147th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 54 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zaira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 105 girls in the UK were given Zaira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #421, up from #765 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 747th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Zaira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | #765 |
| 2024 | 54 | #749 |
| 2023 | 48 | #813 |
| 2022 | 40 | #936 |
| 2021 | 35 | #1,054 |
| 2020 | 31 | #1,147 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,729 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,628 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,763 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Zaira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,080among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 224about 1 in 7,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 224 girls in the US were named Zaira, making it the 1,080th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,571st. It first appears in the records in 1969.
2025 had the most girls named Zaira of any year since it first appeared, in 1969.
Half of all the girls named Zaira in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 361 girls in the US were given Zaira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #753, up from #1,080 for this spelling alone.
Zaira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 224 | #1,080 |
| 2024 | 192 | #1,223 |
| 2023 | 187 | #1,241 |
| 2022 | 193 | #1,246 |
| 2021 | 220 | #1,122 |
| 2020 | 134 | #1,571 |
| 2019 | 151 | #1,460 |
| 2018 | 127 | #1,656 |
| 2017 | 157 | #1,441 |
| 2016 | 103 | #1,942 |
| 2015 | 140 | #1,566 |
| 2014 | 122 | #1,714 |
| 2013 | 155 | #1,446 |
| 2012 | 116 | #1,774 |
| 2011 | 153 | #1,463 |
| 2010 | 169 | #1,372 |
| 2009 | 169 | #1,398 |
| 2008 | 168 | #1,415 |
| 2007 | 156 | #1,485 |
| 2006 | 161 | #1,403 |
| 2005 | 136 | #1,519 |
| 2004 | 132 | #1,519 |
| 2003 | 111 | #1,709 |
| 2002 | 98 | #1,819 |
| 2001 | 111 | #1,640 |
| 2000 | 103 | #1,701 |
| 1999 | 90 | #1,767 |
| 1998 | 87 | #1,786 |
| 1997 | 96 | #1,636 |
| 1996 | 80 | #1,824 |
| 1995 | 87 | #1,680 |
| 1994 | 72 | #1,947 |
| 1993 | 76 | #1,861 |
| 1992 | 104 | #1,504 |
| 1991 | 73 | #1,907 |
| 1990 | 76 | #1,858 |
| 1989 | 52 | #2,273 |
| 1988 | 31 | #3,160 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,656 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
Names like Zaira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Hiba Hafsa Rahma Huda Zoha Ayah Aaliyah Safaa Halima Khadija
Other spellings of Zaira
Names related to Zaira
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, “Zaira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zaira, updated 20 October 2026.