Zahra
387
Babies in 2024
+10%
10-year change
2008
Peak · 396
+12%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Zahra
Zahra peaked among UK girls' names in the late 2000s (396 babies in 2008) and has remained in active use — 387 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Zahra reached its peak in 2008, when 396 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #136 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 387 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 8,438 girls have been officially registered with the name Zahra in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 3,695 girls were registered with the name, starting from 353 in 2014 and ending at 387 in 2024.