How rare is the name Zahra?

11,597 people in the United States have the first name Zahra, about 1 in 26,044. It ranks #2,248 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ZAHRA

#2,248

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,597
About
1 in 26,044
This common or more
79.1%
Who bears it

Of the 11,597 people named Zahra, 42.7% reported their origin as White, 25.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 17.1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Zahra peaked in 2025, when 562 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19732025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
562
In 2025*
562
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 9,395 babies have been given the name since 1973. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Zahra by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,146. The largest share of babies named Zahra, 63.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#7,771111
1980s#4,341349
1990s#3,440688
2000s#2,4601,540
2010s#1,4423,645
2020s#1,1463,062
Generation X 1965–801.3%
Millennials 1981–967.9%
Generation Z 1997–1227.2%
2013 and later63.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Zahra is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Zahra has been most common in Maryland (2.5×), Virginia (2.3×), and New Jersey (2×), and least common in Wisconsin (0.2×).

7,650 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Zahra

#2,246 Krishna · 11,606#2,247 Jacques · 11,599#2,249 Mei · 11,596#2,250 Elida · 11,577

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Zahra, most common first.

#2,104 Zara · 12,764#3,797 Zaira · 5,219#6,586 Zahara · 2,419#7,823 Zayra · 1,904#8,173 Zahraa · 1,788#9,781 Zahira · 1,401#15,564 Zahria · 738#18,408 Zaara · 586

Also a last name

As a last name, Zahra ranks #25,283 of 156,621, with 1,025 people. See Zahra as a last name

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