girls:
8.3k births since 1973
#1788 (69th percentile)
overall:
8.3k births since 1973
#2967 (62nd percentile)
The name Zahra is the #2,967 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,271 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 61.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 61.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,788 (68.7% percentile) for all time with 8,271 births since 1973.
Zahra first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (first recorded for girls in 1973).
For girls, Zahra reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 48.8% percentile (ranked #485) with 310 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 310 births per million (ranked 48.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1991, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Zahra is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #485 (48.8% percentile) with 310 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zahra".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Zahra. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Zahra is pronounced as ZAH-ruh, which has 2 syllables.
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