Is Zahara a boy or girl name?

Zahara is a girl’s name. Of the 3,609 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Zahara

Recorded 1986–2025 · United States

Zahara was most popular in 2021, when 202 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,228 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,426, with 174 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,609 people named Zahara.

Zahara over time

Births per year. The dot marks Zahara’s peak in 2021. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Zahara a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Zahara is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,609 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Zahara

Where Zahara is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org