Girl name#1,519 of girl names
Zahra
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2024
- 52 years in use
How popular is Zahra?
Zahra is a girls' name, and first appears in 1973. It has been given to 8,831 children — the 1,519th most common girls' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 556 children were given it.
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Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Names like Zahra
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Zahra
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Zahra?
- Zahra ranks 1,519th among girls' names in US records, with 8,831 births since 1973. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,828.
- Is Zahra a unisex name?
- No. Zahra is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Zahra most popular?
- 2024, when 556 children were given the name. It has been in use for 52 years and is still recorded as of 2024.