Zunairah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zoo-NAI-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #996 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Zunairah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 996th for girls in the UK (37 babies) and 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Zunairah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Zunaira
Often linked with Zinnirah, an early convert to Islam who was freed from slavery by Abu Bakr.
Is Zunairah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zunairah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 37 girls in the UK and 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zunairah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 996th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 37 about 1 in 7,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 37 girls in the UK were named Zunairah, making it the 996th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 925th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 63 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zunairah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 101 girls in the UK were given Zunairah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #436, up from #996 for this spelling alone.
- Zunaira 64
- Zunairah 37
Among girls in 2025, it was 951st in England and Wales.
Zunairah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #996 |
| 2024 | 30 | #1,176 |
| 2023 | 38 | #988 |
| 2022 | 43 | #878 |
| 2021 | 30 | #1,201 |
| 2020 | 41 | #925 |
| 2019 | 47 | #849 |
| 2018 | 45 | #889 |
| 2017 | 42 | #957 |
| 2016 | 41 | #956 |
| 2015 | 43 | #915 |
| 2014 | 61 | #705 |
| 2013 | 59 | #739 |
| 2012 | 59 | #742 |
| 2011 | 63 | #688 |
| 2010 | 52 | #761 |
| 2009 | 32 | #1,062 |
| 2008 | 46 | #810 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
How popular is Zunairah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,757th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Zunairah, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006.
2025 had more girls named Zunairah than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Zunairah in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 73 girls in the US were given Zunairah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,087, up from #4,757 for this spelling alone.
- Zunaira 45
- Zunairah 28
Zunairah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 33 | #4,259 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
Names like Zunairah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Safa, Zainab, Aaliyah, Ruqayyah, Sumayyah, Aaminah, Abeeha, Umaymah, Aafiyah, Ayah, Hafsa
Other spellings of Zunairah
Names related to Zunairah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Zunairah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zunairah, updated 20 October 2026.