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How popular is the name Zarah?
Births per year, rank history and how many Zarahs are alive today.
Zarah (female) is an uncommon spelling of the girls' name Zara in England and Wales, ranked 845th in 2025 with 42 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2008, when 64 babies were given the name, the 589th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 1189 in 2019 before climbing back to the 845th place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years.
Across all spellings of the name, the Zara you are most likely to meet is around 18 years old. Half of all Zaras born in England and Wales are between 8 and 22, and there are at least 23,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 7% chance that at least one of them will be called Zara.
How many babies are named Zarah each year?
Includes all spellings: Zarah, Zara. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Zarah spelling rank?
Where does the Zara 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 Zarah most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Zara, peaked in 2008, when 1,002 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Zarah spelling itself peaked in 2008, with 64 babies.
How many people are called Zarah?
At least 23,000 people named Zarah in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Zarah?
Most living Zarahs are between 8 and 22; the most common age is about 18.
Is Zarah becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.