Zahira

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Zahira: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Zahira: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,958, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1958highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#1958
1998	#3142
1999	#1970
2001	#3262
2002	#3409
2003	#3099
2004	#3725
2005	#4798
2006	#2320
2007	#2085
2008	#2150
2009	#3936
2010	#2392
2011	#3549
2012	#2717
2013	#4050
2015	#2328
2016	#2966
2017	#2706
2018	#3518
2019	#4001
2020	#5493
2021	#3961
2022	#5669
2023	#3218
2024	#3318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1958 among girls in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Zahira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Zahira in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	25	4 of 10	6
2000s	56	9 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	69	9 of 10	8
2020s	25	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Zahira appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1958 in England and Wales in 1997.

Zahira's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2150	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,958, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
13 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,318position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
11births registered in its largest year, 2007Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Zahid · #788, 29y
Zahir · #727, 28y
Zahra · #94, 75y
Zahraa · #583, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Emel · #1958, 24y
Juwayriyah · #1958, 24y
Yocheved · #1958, 23y
Mahalia · #1959, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Emel · #1958, 24y
Juwayriyah · #1958, 24y
Yocheved · #1958, 23y
Mahalia · #1959, 27y

Zahira and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Zahira without appearing here.

Zahira moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4798 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2717 and #5876.
Jeanette Compare
In 2006 they stood at #4798 and #4798 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2085 and #5201.
Debra Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3218 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Zahira

Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2706 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #1711.
Ida Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1970 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3262 and #1728.
Liv Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2683 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #3409 and #2105.
Selma Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1970 and #2444 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3262 and #2023.

Moved the opposite way to Zahira

Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zahira went from #1958 to #3318 while Blake went from #3824 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zahira went from #1958 to #3318 while Ezra went from #3824 to #1302.
Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zahira went from #1970 to #3318 while Frida went from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zahira went from #1970 to #3318 while Meabh went from #3225 to #952.

Moved the same way as Zahira

Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Zahira went from #2683 to #3961 and Carol from #802 to #3519.
Tyler Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Zahira went from #2683 to #3961 and Tyler from #230 to #5581.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1958 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zahira

Zahira at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zahira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Zahira appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Zahira at a glance

Zahira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Zahira appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Zahira and the names beside it

Zahira moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Zahira

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