Zahira
Zahira was the 3709th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 41 babies. Its best year was 2008, when it ranked 2689th with 69 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 433 places. More babies were named Zahira in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,709 girls, up 935 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 41girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200869 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,226babies recorded
Zahira popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,709 | 41 |
| 2020 | #4,644 | 29 |
| 2010 | #3,158 | 53 |
| 2000 | #7,570 | 14 |
| 1990 | #4,691 | 21 |
| 1980 | #12,153 | 5 |
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How popular is Zahira, counting every spelling?
Zahira is the most common spelling of a name family that had 47 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 47 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zahira | 41 | #3,709 | 206 |
| Zahirah | 6 | #14,894 | 30 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Zahira?
41 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Zahira (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Zahira born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 204 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Zahira.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Zahira?
About 1,200 people born in the US named Zahira are alive today, with a median age of 17; half are between 9 and 22. That makes Zahira mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Zahira by state
How common Zahira was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Zahira
How popular is the name Zahira?
Zahira was the 3709th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 41 babies. Its best year was 2008, when it ranked 2689th with 69 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 433 places. More babies were named Zahira in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Zahira a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Zahira in the US.
Where is Zahira most popular?
In 2021–2025, Zahira was most common in Texas (0.03 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and California.