Zayra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAY-ruh
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,779 for girls
- Style
- New arrival
Zayra is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 3,779th for girls in the US (39 babies).
Where does Zayra come from?
Variant of Zaira; root uncertain
Is Zayra a girl's or a boy's name?
Zayra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 39 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zayra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,076th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 633% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Zayra, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls.
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were given Zayra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,459, up from #2,076 for this spelling alone.
- Zayra 14
- Zayrah 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Zayra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
How popular is Zayra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,779th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 39 about 1 in 41,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 39 girls in the US were named Zayra, making it the 3,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,914th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 82 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Zayra in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zayra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,779 |
| 2024 | 45 | #3,459 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,982 |
| 2022 | 42 | #3,651 |
| 2021 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,914 |
| 2019 | 46 | #3,387 |
| 2018 | 36 | #4,000 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,768 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,996 |
| 2015 | 40 | #3,766 |
| 2014 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2013 | 63 | #2,725 |
| 2012 | 48 | #3,363 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,944 |
| 2010 | 60 | #2,869 |
| 2009 | 46 | #3,511 |
| 2008 | 58 | #2,994 |
| 2007 | 70 | #2,616 |
| 2006 | 68 | #2,631 |
| 2005 | 55 | #2,931 |
| 2004 | 82 | #2,172 |
| 2003 | 64 | #2,519 |
| 2002 | 70 | #2,307 |
| 2001 | 56 | #2,659 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,970 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,932 |
| 1998 | 58 | #2,395 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,623 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,011 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,346 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,352 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
Names like Zayra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Hiba, Hafsa, Rahma, Zaira, Huda, Ayah, Aaliyah, Zaha, Zoha, Zaisha
Names related to Zayra
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, “Zayra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zayra, updated 20 October 2026.