Zehra — #6011 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Zehra

The Social Security Administration has registered 705 babies named Zehra between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zehra currently holds the #6011 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zehra performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 236 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Zehra shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Zehra in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zehra 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 705 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.