Zahia
Zahia is a feminine given name.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Zahia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Zahia is a feminine given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Zahia
Zahia first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1998, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2012, when 7 Zahias were born — ranking #13,483 that year. As of 2026, Zahia ranks #13,455 for baby girls with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 48 Zahias have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Zahia
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Zahia Benarous (born 1958), Algerian journalist and politician
- Zahia Dahmani (born 1972), French athlete
- Zahia Dehar (born 1992), Algerian-French fashion designer
- Zahia Hamdane (born 1965), French politician
- Zahia Kaddoura (1920–2002), Lebanese academic and a human and women's rights advocate
- Zahia Marzouk (1906–1988), Egyptian social worker and feminist
- Zahia Mentouri (1947–2022), Algerian physician and government official
- Zahia Rahmani (born 1962) is a French-Algerian author, curator, and art historian
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Names that sound like Zahia
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About the name Zahia
Zahia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1998 and has accumulated 48 births in the dataset. Zahia's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #13,483. Use the chart and map above to compare Zahia'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 .
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