girl's name

Zahraa

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 2,536

Scotland

#759

2013 births

Zahraa is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 35 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2015, when 62 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 94,733 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1989.

Zahraa over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Zahraa by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 5
1990s 112
2000s 333
2010s 450
2020s (to 2025) 190

How popular is Zahraa?

In 2025, Zahraa was given to 35 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Zahraa is used

Scotland #759 4 in 2013
Ireland #1,059 3 in 2018
Canada #1,937 12 in 2024
England & Wales #2,230 13 in 2025
United States #4,130 35 in 2025
France #6,941 5 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Zahraa

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Zahraa also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Zahraa over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Zahraa

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Zahraa — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Zahraa

How popular is the name Zahraa?

In 2025, Zahraa was given to 35 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Zahraa a girl's or a boy's name?

Zahraa is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Zahraa most popular?

Zahraa peaked in 2015, when 62 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Zahraa a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Zahraa currently ranks #1,937 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.