Zaha

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Zaha: Recorded since 2011, its highest recorded position is #736, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
12times a registrar ranked it
14years from first to last
#736highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2011–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2011	#5785
2013	#3536
2016	#4096
2017	#3229
2018	#5666
2019	#5591
2020	#2843
2021	#3192
2022	#2888
2023	#2689
2024	#1819

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 11 of the 14 years from 2011 to 2024.

In 2024: #736 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1819 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2011–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2011
First recorded at #5785 among girls in England and Wales in 2011 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1819 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Zaha appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2011 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #736 in Republic of Ireland in 2024.

Zaha'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	#1819	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2689	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#736	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2011 and 2024, ranked in 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #736, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 13 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

2decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 2 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#736position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
16births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 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.

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Zahara · #995, 26y
Zaheen · #3004, 9y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Aavya · #736, 10y
Misk · #736, 14y
Eiva · #734, 13y
Fausta · #734, 14y

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2010 and 2019.

Aavya · #736, 10y
Eiva · #734, 13y
Jessa · #734, 9y
Iacob · #741, 9y

Zaha was ranked #736 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Zaha 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 Zaha without appearing here.

Zaha moved ahead of

Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1819 and #5891.
Teddy Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1819 and #5891.
Cameron Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1819 and #4843.
Kari Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5591 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2888 and #5669.

Moved ahead of Zaha

Fiadh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4096 and #2757.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1819 and #1743.

Moved the opposite way to Zaha

Abigail Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zaha went from #5785 to #1819 while Abigail went from #38 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zaha went from #5785 to #1819 while Aimee went from #104 to #1603.
Alex Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zaha went from #5785 to #1819 while Alex went from #652 to #2253.
Alexandra Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zaha went from #5785 to #1819 while Alexandra went from #107 to #215.

Moved the same way as Zaha

Ada Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zaha went from #5785 to #1819 and Ada from #386 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zaha went from #5785 to #1819 and Alma from #702 to #234.
Aria Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zaha went from #5785 to #1819 and Aria from #615 to #35.
Astrid Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zaha went from #5785 to #1819 and Astrid from #594 to #263.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2011 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #736 in Republic of Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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