Zorah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZOR-a
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,341 for girls
Zorah is a girls' name of Slavic origin, meaning “dawn”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 3,341st for girls in the US (46 babies).
What does Zorah mean?
Slavic: spelling of Zora
“dawn”
Slavic for dawn; Zora Neale Hurston, author of Their Eyes Were Watching God, is a famous bearer.
Meaning borrowed from Zora.
Is Zorah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zorah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 46 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zorah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 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, 4 girls in the UK were named Zorah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2022, with 5 girls.
In 2025, 24 girls in the UK were given Zorah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,199, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
- Zora 20
- Zorah 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Zorah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Zorah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,341among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 46about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 46 girls in the US were named Zorah, making it the 3,341st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,451st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 50 girls. It first appears in the records in 1896.
Half of all the girls named Zorah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 310 girls in the US were given Zorah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #827, up from #3,341 for this spelling alone.
- Zora 264
- Zorah 46
Zorah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #3,341 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,962 |
| 2023 | 50 | #3,225 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,825 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,800 |
| 2020 | 30 | #4,451 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,850 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
Names like Zorah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Nusaybah Ayah Hafsa Zairah Aaliyah Sumayyah Hiba Ruqayyah Izzah Rahma
Other spellings of Zorah
Names related to Zorah
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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, “Zorah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zorah, updated 20 October 2026.