Zahira — #3910 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Zahira

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,184 babies named Zahira between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zahira currently holds the #3910 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 69 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zahira performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 411 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Zahira shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 185 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Zahira in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zahira in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,184 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.