Zahra
#538 for girls in 2025, 562 births
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 562 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,395since 1973
Zahra over time
Rank among girls' names. Zahra has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #538 | 562 |
| 2024 | #543 | 558 |
| 2023 | #555 | 546 |
| 2022 | #607 | 491 |
| 2021 | #700 | 412 |
| 2020 | #591 | 493 |
| 2019 | #593 | 511 |
| 2018 | #587 | 520 |
| 2017 | #651 | 455 |
| 2016 | #675 | 433 |
| 2015 | #690 | 411 |
| 2014 | #916 | 295 |
| 2013 | #899 | 285 |
| 2012 | #951 | 267 |
| 2011 | #1,017 | 246 |
| 2010 | #1,110 | 222 |
| 2009 | #1,151 | 220 |
| 2008 | #1,320 | 187 |
| 2007 | #1,205 | 208 |
| 2006 | #1,454 | 153 |
| 2005 | #1,297 | 172 |
| 2004 | #1,601 | 122 |
| 2003 | #1,422 | 139 |
| 2002 | #1,573 | 118 |
| 2001 | #1,671 | 108 |
| 2000 | #1,571 | 113 |
| 1999 | #1,786 | 89 |
| 1998 | #1,721 | 92 |
| 1997 | #1,585 | 101 |
| 1996 | #1,752 | 85 |
| 1995 | #1,761 | 82 |
| 1994 | #2,585 | 48 |
| 1993 | #2,639 | 46 |
| 1992 | #2,318 | 56 |
| 1991 | #2,790 | 42 |
| 1990 | #2,523 | 47 |
| 1989 | #2,338 | 50 |
| 1988 | #2,744 | 38 |
| 1987 | #2,236 | 48 |
| 1986 | #2,470 | 40 |
| 1985 | #2,317 | 43 |
| 1984 | #2,992 | 29 |
| 1983 | #2,310 | 41 |
| 1982 | #3,260 | 26 |
| 1981 | #3,859 | 20 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 |
| 1979 | #3,236 | 25 |
| 1978 | #3,196 | 24 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Zahra! It came in at #6,080, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1973, when fewer than 9 girls a year got the name.
Where Zahra is popular in 2008
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#198 · 1 in 533
- Connecticut#400 · 1 in 1,859
- Maryland#566 · 1 in 2,808
- Virginia#605 · 1 in 3,135
- Louisiana#806 · 1 in 4,045
Best ever in a state: #130 in District of Columbia, 2020.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #198 | 6 | 1 in 533 |
| Connecticut | #400 | 7 | 1 in 1,859 |
| Maryland | #566 | 9 | 1 in 2,808 |
| Virginia | #605 | 12 | 1 in 3,135 |
| Louisiana | #806 | 5 | 1 in 4,045 |
| New Jersey | #836 | 8 | 1 in 4,911 |
| Michigan | #916 | 8 | 1 in 5,558 |
| Illinois | #983 | 11 | 1 in 6,020 |
| Georgia | #1,009 | 9 | 1 in 5,869 |
| New York | #1,076 | 14 | 1 in 6,824 |
| California | #1,220 | 26 | 1 in 8,821 |
| Florida | #1,265 | 10 | 1 in 8,608 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,397 | 5 | 1 in 11,068 |
| North Carolina | #1,425 | 5 | 1 in 9,616 |
| Texas | #1,530 | 15 | 1 in 11,181 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Zahra
- 5 spots since 2024 (#543 → #538)
- 53 spots since 2020 (#591 → #538)
- 152 spots since 2015 (#690 → #538)
- Biggest jump: 226 spots in 2015 (#916 → #690)
- Biggest drop: 109 spots in 2021 (#591 → #700)
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 2025 at #538 (562 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 2012–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,860 girls born in 2025 were named Zahra (0.03%)
- 38.8% of all girls named Zahra (3,645) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 111 | #3,196 (1978) | #4,408 |
| 1980s | 349 | #2,236 (1987) | #2,950 |
| 1990s | 688 | #1,585 (1997) | #2,146 |
| 2000s | 1,540 | #1,151 (2009) | #1,427 |
| 2010s | 3,645 | #587 (2018) | #809 |
| 2020s | 3,062 | #538 (2025) | #589 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Zahra in 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
More about 2008
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1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 10,112 of them was named Zahra, which outranked 93.6% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,317Josselyn188
- #1,317Karyme188
- #1,317Robin188
- #1,320Zahra187
- #1,320Lilith187
- #1,320Lillyana187
- #1,320Mackenna187
- #1,325Allyssa186
- #1,325Kamiya186
- #1,325Marcella186
Tied with 4 names at #1,320; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.