Zarah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAH-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #899 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,427 for girls
Zarah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 899th for girls in the UK (42 babies) and 1,427th for girls in the US (151 babies).
What does Zarah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Zara
A variant spelling of Zara.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Zarah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zarah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 42 girls in the UK and 151 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zarah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #899among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 42about 1 in 6,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 42 girls in the UK were named Zarah, making it the 899th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,064th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 69 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zarah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. 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 Zarah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #43, up from #899 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 845th in England and Wales.
Zarah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #899 |
| 2024 | 47 | #840 |
| 2023 | 40 | #949 |
| 2022 | 54 | #740 |
| 2021 | 42 | #906 |
| 2020 | 34 | #1,064 |
| 2019 | 36 | #1,040 |
| 2018 | 40 | #978 |
| 2017 | 47 | #883 |
| 2016 | 47 | #864 |
| 2015 | 48 | #854 |
| 2014 | 44 | #925 |
| 2013 | 51 | #807 |
| 2012 | 61 | #725 |
| 2011 | 54 | #755 |
| 2010 | 60 | #682 |
| 2009 | 54 | #736 |
| 2008 | 69 | #604 |
| 2007 | 47 | #768 |
| 2006 | 51 | #682 |
| 2005 | 59 | #615 |
| 2004 | 49 | #662 |
| 2003 | 39 | #749 |
| 2002 | 34 | #803 |
| 2001 | 43 | #658 |
| 2000 | 40 | #682 |
| 1999 | 21 | #1,065 |
| 1998 | 39 | #695 |
| 1997 | 17 | #1,227 |
| 1996 | 21 | #1,024 |
How popular is Zarah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,427among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 151about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 151 girls in the US were named Zarah, making it the 1,427th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,510th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 199 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
2025 had fewer girls named Zarah than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Zarah 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 Zarah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #160, up from #1,427 for this spelling alone.
Zarah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 151 | #1,427 |
| 2024 | 163 | #1,383 |
| 2023 | 157 | #1,421 |
| 2022 | 199 | #1,216 |
| 2021 | 168 | #1,331 |
| 2020 | 141 | #1,510 |
| 2019 | 141 | #1,528 |
| 2018 | 116 | #1,762 |
| 2017 | 147 | #1,505 |
| 2016 | 119 | #1,743 |
| 2015 | 122 | #1,719 |
| 2014 | 92 | #2,096 |
| 2013 | 81 | #2,279 |
| 2012 | 99 | #1,973 |
| 2011 | 96 | #2,026 |
| 2010 | 94 | #2,093 |
| 2009 | 80 | #2,395 |
| 2008 | 73 | #2,557 |
| 2007 | 60 | #2,964 |
| 2006 | 69 | #2,602 |
| 2005 | 40 | #3,642 |
| 2004 | 31 | #4,383 |
| 2003 | 44 | #3,287 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,806 |
| 2001 | 39 | #3,413 |
| 2000 | 35 | #3,659 |
| 1999 | 36 | #3,440 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
Names like Zarah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zainab Safa Aaliyah Ayah Nusaybah Farah Hafsa Sumayyah Hiba Ruqayyah Rahma Safaa
Other spellings of Zarah
Names related to Zarah
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, “Zarah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zarah, updated 20 October 2026.