Zahra: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced ZAH-ruh · 2 syllables

Borrowed from Arabic (zahra), an epithet of Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad. As a surname, it is predominantly found in Egypt.

How popular is Zahra?

Zahra was the #538 name in the US in 2025, given to 562 babies. It’s rising: up 71% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Zahra in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Zahra are older than 26; most are between 18 and 45. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Zahra have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Zahra is pronounced ZAH-ruh.

Zahra was the #538 name in the US in 2025, given to 562 babies. It’s rising: up 71% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Zahra are older than 26. Most are between 18 and 45.