Zohra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZOH-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,961 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Zohra is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the planet Venus”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Zohra mean?
Arabic: Arabic Zuhra, also linked to zahra 'flower'
“the planet Venus”
In Arabic and Persian az-Zuhara is the planet Venus; Zohra Sehgal was a celebrated Indian actress and dancer.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Zohra a girl's or a boy's name?
Zohra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zohra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,961among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Zohra, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 20 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zohra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Zohra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,599 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 14 | #2,111 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,635 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,488 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,689 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,576 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,927 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Zohra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Zohra, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
2025 had fewer girls named Zohra than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Zohra in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zohra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
Names like Zohra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Hafsa Hiba Rahma Huda Ayah Zoha Zaha Abeeha Aaliyah Safaa
Names related to Zohra
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Hamza Kairo
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, “Zohra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zohra, updated 20 October 2026.