Zahara

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Zahara: Recorded every year since 1999, it reached #995 in 2008, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#995highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3225
2000	#3912
2001	#2783
2002	#2868
2003	#3099
2004	#2802
2005	#1500
2006	#1031
2007	#1160
2008	#995
2009	#1526
2010	#1901
2011	#1489
2012	#1428
2013	#1098
2014	#1702
2015	#1649
2016	#1834
2017	#1512
2018	#1586
2019	#1349
2020	#1939
2021	#1962
2022	#1452
2023	#1959
2024	#2771

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 every year from 1999 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #3225 among girls in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #995 among girls in England and Wales, in 2008 (recorded 1999–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Zahara 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 Zahara in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	139	10 of 10	14
2010sbusiest	202	10 of 10	20
2020s	72	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 20 births a year.

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

Zahara 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 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #995 in England and Wales in 2008.

Zahara'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	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1959	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1452	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1962	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1939	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1349	23	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1586	19	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1512	21	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1834	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1702	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1098	32	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1428	22	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1489	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1901	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1526	18	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#995	31	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1160	24	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1031	27	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1500	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	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 1999 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #995, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 32 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

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 →
26 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,771position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
32births registered in its largest year, 201325 to 49 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.

Zafar · #1949, 11y
Zaha · #736, 11y
Zaheen · #3004, 9y
Zaheer · #1168, 27y

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.

Sabiha · #995, 29y
Kailan · #996, 29y
Kaydan · #996, 23y
Sameera · #996, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Sabiha · #995, 29y
Kailan · #996, 29y
Sameera · #996, 28y
Azan · #993, 25y

Zahara was ranked #995 in England and Wales · Girls in 2008. 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.

Zahara 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 Zahara without appearing here.

Zahara moved ahead of

George Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2802 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #995 and #5545.
Debra Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3099 and #3099 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1031 and #4157.
Cameron Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1428 and #1428 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1098 and #4050.
Brittany Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1500 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1031 and #3548.

Moved ahead of Zahara

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1959 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #1743.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1349 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1939 and #1313.
Arlo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1452 and #1849 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1959 and #1469.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1702 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1649 and #1240.

Moved the opposite way to Zahara

Finlay Compare
Between 1999 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Zahara went from #3225 to #1586 while Finlay went from #752 to #4684.
Helene Compare
Between 1999 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Zahara went from #3225 to #1586 while Helene went from #2444 to #4684.
Jayden Compare
Between 1999 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Zahara went from #3225 to #1586 while Jayden went from #1261 to #5666.
Kristy Compare
Between 1999 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Zahara went from #3225 to #1586 while Kristy went from #752 to #5666.

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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 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #995 in England and Wales in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zahara

Zahara at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zahara by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Zahara appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Zahara and the names beside it

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Zahara at a glance

Zahara by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Zahara appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Zahara

Zahara and the names beside it

Zahara moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Zahara

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