Zerah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZEH-ra
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Zerah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “rising light, dawn”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Zerah mean?
Hebrew: biblical name; as a girls' name often a form of Zara
“rising light, dawn”
In Genesis Zerah is a twin son of Judah and Tamar, named from a Hebrew word for the rising of light.
Is Zerah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zerah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zerah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 633% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Zerah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 8 girls.
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were given Zerah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,359, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Zerah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
How popular is Zerah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 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, 7 girls in the US were named Zerah, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2015, with 9 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the girls named Zerah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zerah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
Names like Zerah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Nusaybah Zainab Ayah Zairah Hafsa Aaliyah Izzah Zimal Ruqayyah Sumayyah Hiba
Other spellings of Zerah
Names related to Zerah
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Zerah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zerah, updated 20 October 2026.