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Zahara

Girl

Meaning of Zahara: Arabic: 'flowering'

Zahara is a girl's name most strongly associated with Arabic & Persian naming. It has 6 letters and 3 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 1246th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 2771st in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#1246

174 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#2771

9 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

3,609

First recorded 1986 · peak 2022

Trend

stable

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 0 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 0 babies1986: 5 babies1987: 6 babies1988: 10 babies1989: 9 babies1990: 11 babies19901991: 11 babies1992: 5 babies1993: 9 babies1994: 15 babies1995: 16 babies1996: 13 babies1997: 9 babies1998: 14 babies1999: 11 babies2000: 17 babies20002001: 24 babies2002: 16 babies2003: 31 babies2004: 24 babies2005: 81 babies2006: 173 babies2007: 134 babies2008: 160 babies2009: 148 babies2010: 152 babies20102011: 151 babies2012: 159 babies2013: 137 babies2014: 135 babies2015: 163 babies2016: 166 babies2017: 160 babies2018: 150 babies2019: 165 babies2020: 163 babies20202021: 202 babies2022: 202 babies2023: 181 babies2024: 197 babies2025: 174 babies
US babies named Zahara per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 202.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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