Zira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZEER-uh
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Zira is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Zira mean?
Source uncertain
Zira is a chimpanzee scientist in Planet of the Apes (1968) and a lioness in Disney's The Lion King II.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Zira a girl's or a boy's name?
Zira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 160% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Zira, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Zira in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #8,773 |
Names like Zira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayla, Safa, Zaya, Zamira, Zaira, Zahara, Rahma, Zhamira, Hafsa, Zaniyah, Zainab, Zayda
Names related to Zira
Sources
Figures from 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, “Zira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zira, updated 20 October 2026.