Zehra

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Zehra: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,337 in 2007, and it stood at #1,406 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1337highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1646
1997	#1958
1998	#1571
1999	#1970
2000	#1475
2001	#2226
2002	#2105
2003	#1843
2004	#1715
2005	#2247
2006	#1585
2007	#1337
2008	#1914
2009	#1837
2010	#1901
2011	#1489
2012	#1649
2013	#1639
2014	#1562
2015	#1601
2016	#1571
2017	#1628
2018	#2901
2019	#2170
2020	#1846
2021	#3192
2022	#1556
2023	#1863
2024	#1406

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 1996 to 2024.

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

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1646 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: #1337 among girls in England and Wales, in 2007 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1406 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Zehra 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 Zehra in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	37	4 of 10	9
2000s	120	10 of 10	12
2010sbusiest	167	10 of 10	17
2020s	79	5 of 10	16

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

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

Zehra 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: #1337 in England and Wales in 2007.

Zehra'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	#1406	23	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1863	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1846	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2170	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1628	19	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1571	20	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1601	19	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1562	19	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1639	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	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	#1837	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1914	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1337	20	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1585	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1715	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1571	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1646	10	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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,337, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

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 →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,406position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
23births 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

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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.

Judd · #1337, 26y
Riyadh · #1339, 24y
Yameen · #1339, 26y
Zebedee · #1339, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Chun · #1337, 20y
Judd · #1337, 26y
Yameen · #1339, 26y
Zebedee · #1339, 27y

Zehra 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 Zehra without appearing here.

Zehra moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2901 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2170 and #5591.
Karen Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3192 and #3192 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1556 and #4645.
Denise Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2170 and #2040 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1846 and #4535.
Suzanne Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3192 and #2942 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1556 and #3970.

Moved ahead of Zehra

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1846 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #1286.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1628 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2901 and #1436.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2226 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2105 and #938.
Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1475 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2226 and #1107.

Moved the same way as Zehra

Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Zehra went from #1646 to #3192 and Carol from #802 to #3519.
Tyler Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Zehra went from #1646 to #3192 and Tyler from #230 to #5581.
Finlay Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Zehra went from #1646 to #2901 and Finlay from #1646 to #4684.
Helene Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Zehra went from #1646 to #2901 and Helene from #1168 to #4684.

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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: #1337 in England and Wales in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zehra

Zehra at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zehra by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Zehra at a glance

Zehra by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Zehra and the names beside it

Zehra moved ahead of

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