Zari
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAR-ee
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,583 for girls
Zari is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “golden”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 2,583rd for girls in the US (67 babies).
What does Zari mean?
Persian: from Persian zar 'gold'
“golden”
In Persian zar means gold, and zari is also the name for fine gold-thread embroidery.
Is Zari a girl's or a boy's name?
Zari is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 67 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zari in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 344% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Zari, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 21 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zari in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2024, 73% of the babies named Zari in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Zari in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,560 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 2 | #7,531 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
How popular is Zari in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,583among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 67about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 67 girls in the US were named Zari, making it the 2,583rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,277th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 119 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Zari than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Zari in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zari in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | #2,583 |
| 2024 | 77 | #2,362 |
| 2023 | 102 | #1,934 |
| 2022 | 119 | #1,742 |
| 2021 | 81 | #2,266 |
| 2020 | 78 | #2,277 |
| 2019 | 76 | #2,355 |
| 2018 | 79 | #2,302 |
| 2017 | 52 | #3,091 |
| 2016 | 45 | #3,464 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 37 | #4,001 |
| 2013 | 46 | #3,402 |
| 2012 | 52 | #3,168 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,842 |
| 2010 | 34 | #4,305 |
| 2009 | 37 | #4,106 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,088 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,442 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,139 |
| 1997 | 29 | #3,812 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,094 |
| 1994 | 23 | #4,371 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
Names like Zari
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zainab Safa Ayah Hafsa Hiba Aaliyah Ayra Ayla Zimal Rahma Raya Hawa
Names related to Zari
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman
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, “Zari: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zari, updated 20 October 2026.