Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Zahra

#1,701 most common girls' name of all time · #2,922 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1973–2025

Rank among girls
#1,701
Rank overall
#2,922 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
9,395
Since 2016
4,981
Peak year
2025 #539
Best rank
#539 2025
Girls Boys peak 562/yr
198020002020

Zahra first appears in 1973. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 562 — 562 #539
2024 558 — 558 #543
2023 546 — 546 #555
2022 491 — 491 #607
2021 412 — 412 #700
2020 493 — 493 #592
2019 511 — 511 #595
2018 520 — 520 #588
2017 455 — 455 #654
2016 433 — 433 #680
2015 411 — 411 #690
2014 295 — 295 #917
2013 285 — 285 #901
2012 267 — 267 #954
2011 246 — 246 #1,018
2010 222 — 222 #1,113
2009 220 — 220 #1,152
2008 187 — 187 #1,322
2007 208 — 208 #1,209
2006 153 — 153 #1,459
2005 172 — 172 #1,300
2004 122 — 122 #1,607
2003 139 — 139 #1,427
2002 118 — 118 #1,583
2001 108 — 108 #1,683
2000 113 — 113 #1,575
1999 89 — 89 #1,798
1998 92 — 92 #1,730
1997 101 — 101 #1,593
1996 85 — 85 #1,763
1995 82 — 82 #1,772
1994 48 — 48 #2,617
1993 46 — 46 #2,660
1992 56 — 56 #2,348
1991 42 — 42 #2,833
1990 47 — 47 #2,564
1989 50 — 50 #2,362
1988 38 — 38 #2,793
1987 48 — 48 #2,267
1986 40 — 40 #2,504
1985 43 — 43 #2,357
1984 29 — 29 #3,057
1983 41 — 41 #2,356
1982 26 — 26 #3,330
1981 20 — 20 #3,983
1980 14 — 14 #5,194
1979 25 — 25 #3,324
1978 24 — 24 #3,275
1977 16 — 16 #4,402
1976 12 — 12 #5,183
1975 11 — 11 #5,479
1974 15 — 15 #4,224
1973 8 — 8 #6,665