Zahra — #543 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Zahra

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,831 babies named Zahra between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zahra currently holds the #543 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 556 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zahra performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 3,645 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Zahra shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,183 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Zahra in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zahra 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 8,831 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.