Zahara
Zahara is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Zahara
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Zahara is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Zahara
Zahara first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1986, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2022: 202 births, good for #1,188 nationwide. About 40% of every Zahara on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Zahara ranks #1,193 for baby girls with 201 births, rising sharply (+16% over the past five years). All told, over 4K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Zahara
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About the name Zahara
Zahara is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1986 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Zahara's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #1,188. Use the chart and map above to compare Zahara's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.