How Many People Are Named Zahara?
people named Zahara are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 95,390 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,609 babies named Zahara in Social Security records from 1986 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
202 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Feminine form of ZOHAR.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Zahara in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zahara alive today is about 11 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 16 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zahara first appears in the records in 1986 and was given most often in 2021, to 202 babies. In 2025, 174 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1986 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Zahara has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,197, in 2021. In 2025 it ranked #1,289.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,289 |
| Best rank | #1,197 (2021) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,482 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Zahara alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zahara were born in New York than in any other state: about 357 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zahara was given 2.6 times as often in New York, 2.1 times in Florida and 2 times in Maryland.
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