Zunaira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zoo-NAI-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #643 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,388 for girls
Zunaira is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 643rd for girls in the UK (64 babies) and 3,388th for girls in the US (45 babies).
What does Zunaira mean?
Arabic
Often linked with Zinnirah, an early convert to Islam who was freed from slavery by Abu Bakr.
Is Zunaira a girl's or a boy's name?
Zunaira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 64 girls in the UK and 45 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zunaira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 643rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 64 about 1 in 4,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 97% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 64 girls in the UK were named Zunaira, making it the 643rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,121st.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Zunaira of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Zunaira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 101 girls in the UK were given Zunaira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #436, up from #643 for this spelling alone.
- Zunaira 64
- Zunairah 37
Among girls in 2025, it was 610th in England and Wales.
Zunaira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | #643 |
| 2024 | 59 | #694 |
| 2023 | 56 | #699 |
| 2022 | 47 | #824 |
| 2021 | 42 | #906 |
| 2020 | 32 | #1,121 |
| 2019 | 32 | #1,129 |
| 2018 | 27 | #1,298 |
| 2017 | 30 | #1,213 |
| 2016 | 34 | #1,096 |
| 2015 | 27 | #1,317 |
| 2014 | 34 | #1,100 |
| 2013 | 38 | #1,022 |
| 2012 | 28 | #1,259 |
| 2011 | 26 | #1,303 |
| 2010 | 28 | #1,229 |
| 2009 | 28 | #1,179 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 24 | #1,243 |
| 2006 | 35 | #915 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
How popular is Zunaira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,388th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 45 about 1 in 36,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 90% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 45 girls in the US were named Zunaira, making it the 3,388th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. It first appears in the records in 2004.
2025 had the most girls named Zunaira of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Zunaira in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 73 girls in the US were given Zunaira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,087, up from #3,388 for this spelling alone.
- Zunaira 45
- Zunairah 28
Zunaira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #3,388 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,982 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,376 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
Names like Zunaira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Abeeha, Hafsa, Zainab, Rahma, Rumaysa, Nusaybah, Hiba, Safiya, Ruqayyah, Halima, Safaa
Other spellings of Zunaira
Names related to Zunaira
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
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, “Zunaira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zunaira, updated 20 October 2026.