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How popular is the name Zahra?
Births per year, rank history and how many Zahras are alive today.
Zahra (female) sits just outside the top 100 girls' names in England and Wales, ranked 116th in 2025 with 418 babies given the name. It was almost as popular in 2008, with 396 babies given the name that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade. At least 8,800 babies have been named Zahra in England and Wales since 1996. Zahra is one spelling of a name also recorded as Zaara and Zahrah; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Zahra you are most likely to meet is around 18 years old. Half of all Zahras born in England and Wales are between 8 and 22, and there are at least 11,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 3.4% chance that at least one of them will be called Zahra.
How many babies are named Zahra each year?
Includes all spellings: Zahra, Zaara, Zahrah. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Zahra spelling rank?
Where does the Zaara spelling rank?
Where does the Zahrah spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Zahra most popular?
Zahra peaked in 2008, when 481 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Zahra?
At least 11,000 people named Zahra in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Zahra?
Most living Zahras are between 8 and 22; the most common age is about 18.
Is Zahra becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.