Zera
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZEH-ra
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
New arrival
Zera is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
Where does Zera come from?
Of uncertain origin; Hebrew zera means 'seed'
Is Zera a girl's or a boy's name?
Zera is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zera in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 433% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Zera, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 5 girls.
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were given Zera or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,359, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Zera in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
How popular is Zera in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Zera, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1890.
Half of all the girls named Zera in the US since 1880 were born between 1913 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zera in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,616 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,972 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,264 |
| 1922 | 17 | #2,186 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,821 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,463 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,217 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,673 |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,203 |
| 1916 | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,738 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,264 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,528 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,620 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,372 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,634 |
| 1909 | 15 | #1,052 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,547 |
| 1907 | 13 | #1,092 |
| 1906 | 11 | #1,154 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,485 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,593 |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,136 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,430 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,393 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,416 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,426 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,352 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,337 |
Names like Zera
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ada Lola Matilda Rosa Mabel Cora Etta Flora Clara Nora Eva Alma
Other spellings of Zera
Zehra Zerah
Names related to Zera
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, “Zera: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zera, updated 20 October 2026.