Zarah

Meaning: Flower
Origin: Variant of Zara (from Arabic)

Origin: Variant of Zara, a modern variant of Sarah (from Hebrew)

Girl's name · #1435 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Zarah is near its high-water mark: it reached #1219 in 2022 and still ranked #1435 in 2025. About 3,000 girls have carried it since 1968.

Across the states

See where Zarah is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 15 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Zarah ranks in other countries and regions.

#862 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,219 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,465 in Canada (2024).

Famous Zarahs

Zarah Leander — Swedish actress and singer (1907–1981)
Zarah Sultana — British politician
Zarah Razafimahatratra — Malagasy tennis player
Zarah Ghahramani — Author
Zarah Fairn Dos Santos — French mixed martial arts fighter

What Zarahs become

Among 21 notable people named Zarah:

Entertainers appear 3.38× more often than among typical names — e.g. Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (1907–1981).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Zara (#212) and Zahra (#540), Zarah 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: Zara · Ameera · Zari · Mazikeen · Samiyah · Ziya

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