Zara
Pronounced Z AE1 R AH0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2022
- 129 years in use
- Biblical
- 1 spelling
How popular is Zara?
Zara is a girls' name, and first appears in 1896. It has been given to 22,317 children — the 871st 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 2022, when 1,636 children were given it.
Zarah is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Zara and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Zarah
Characteristics
- Biblical (Person)
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- Z AE1 R AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Zara
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Zara
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Zara?
- Zara ranks 871st among girls' names in US records, with 22,317 births since 1896. Over the past decade it accounts for 13,871.
- Is Zara a unisex name?
- No. Zara is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Zara most popular?
- 2022, when 1,636 children were given the name. It has been in use for 129 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Zara spelled?
- Zarah. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.