Meaning and history
Zahra is an Arabic and Persian name meaning "shining," "brilliant" or "bright." Al-Zahra is a revered epithet of Fatima, daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, which has helped make the name especially important throughout the Muslim world; a closely related Arabic name also means "flower." Notable bearers include Emirati figure skater Zahra Lari and Iranian princess and women's-rights advocate Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh.
20062006: 153 births, rank #1,454
2007: 208 births, rank #1,205
2008: 187 births, rank #1,320
2009: 220 births, rank #1,151
2010: 222 births, rank #1,110
20112011: 246 births, rank #1,017
2012: 267 births, rank #951
2013: 285 births, rank #899
2014: 295 births, rank #916
2015: 411 births, rank #690
20162016: 433 births, rank #675
2017: 455 births, rank #651
2018: 520 births, rank #587
2019: 511 births, rank #593
2020: 493 births, rank #591
20212021: 412 births, rank #700
2022: 491 births, rank #607
2023: 546 births, rank #555
2024: 558 births, rank #543
20252025: 562 births, rank #538
Zahra rose from #543 to #540 for girls between 2024 and 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 562.