Girls' name · since 2007

Zaharra

81 babies named Zaharra in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#11809
among girls today
81
born since 2007
2010s
peak decade
33%
more common than other girls

Zaharra currently ranks #11809 among girls' names in America, with 81 babies recorded since 2007.

Zaharra has 81 recorded births among girls since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11809 as of the latest data, more common than 33% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2024.

  • #11809 among girls today
  • 81 born since 2007
  • 2010s peak decade
  • 33% more common than other girls

Data updated Jun 2026

The verdict

Zaharra is currently the #11809 girls' name in America, more common than 33% of girls - 81 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.

#11809
among girls today
81
born since 2007
2010s
peak decade
33%
more common than other girls

Zaharra vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings

0%100%Median name50%33.3%
Zaharra vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
#11809
of 17,726 girls in use

More common than 33% of names given to girls today.

2010s
Peak decade

49% of everyone ever named Zaharra was born in this single decade.

2012
Single peak year

9 babies were named Zaharra in 2012 - its busiest year on record.

How Zaharra compares

81 21th percentile among 17,726 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Zaharra's all-time total is 79% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Zaharra Median girls name (Emerly) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 81 382 567,345
Peak-year births 9 48 19,840

Zaharra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Zaharra's full recorded timeline at 2015, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Zaharra at a glance

Outside the top 1,000

Total births

81

Since 2007

18 years of records

Peak year

2012

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

#11,809

Among girls

As of 2024

Active since

2007

Recorded for 18 years

Last year on file: 2024

Zaharra popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2024

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2012)
9
Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
5678910 200720092010201120122013201520182020202220232024 8

Zaharra by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

2010s was Zaharra's strongest decade.

40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.

Zaharra births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 40 births (49% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of June 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zaharra?
81 babies have been named Zaharra since 2007. It currently ranks #11809 among girls. The peak year was 2012 with 9 births.
When was Zaharra most popular?
Zaharra was most popular in the 2010s decade with 40 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
How long has the name Zaharra been used?
Zaharra has been recorded in Social Security data since 2007, spanning 18 years of data through 2024.
What names are similar to Zaharra?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zahra, Zahara, Zahira, Zahraa, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Zaharra's data

  • Zaharra's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (40 total births) through the 2020s (27) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Data Sources

Data as of June 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2007–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Zaharra: #11809 Girls' Name - 81 Births, Peak 2012." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/zaharra. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Zaharra draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.