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Girl's name · #540 in the US (2025) · Trending
Zahra is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1973, it stood at #540 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 9,400 girls have been named Zahra along the way.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 27 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#116 in England & Wales (2025) · #186 in New Zealand (2025) · #190 in Scotland (2025) · #238 in Ireland (2025) · #263 in Sweden (2025) · #269 in Belgium (2025) · #336 in Norway (2025) · #346 in France (2025) · #440 in Netherlands (2025) · #472 in Austria (2025) · #494 in Poland (2025) · #509 in Switzerland (2025) and 1 more.
Among 210 notable people named Zahra:
No single standout — notable Zahras spread across many fields.
Together with its spelling variants Zara (#212) and Zarah (#1435), Zahra would rank around #135 with about 2,100 births last year — the newborns split about 67/26/7 across Zara, Zahra, and Zarah.
Similar names: Sariyah · Yara · Zainab · Isra · Samira · Azra
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