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Zaara

100% girls · 17 born in 2025

Zaara has been given to about 794 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2011, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

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Origin—
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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 789
Median age today12 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Zaara per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2011 · 52
  • Born in 202517
  • All time794
  • England & Wales, 20255

How popular is Zaara?

Its best year was 2011, when 52 babies were given the name, ranking 3220th. The typical living American called Zaara is about 12 years old today.

Names that sound like Zaara

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Zara0.91
  2. Sara0.87
  3. Zahra0.80
  4. Zaira0.80
  5. Samara0.75
  6. Tara0.73
  7. Sabra0.76
  8. Shara0.76

Middle names for Zaara

Ranked by flow score
  1. Zaara Josephine0.84
  2. Zaara Rose0.83
  3. Zaara Louise0.83
  4. Zaara June0.82
  5. Zaara Pearl0.82
  6. Zaara Quinn0.82

Sibling names for Zaara

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Bodebrother · 0.86
  2. Fisherbrother · 0.85
  3. Koenbrother · 0.85
  4. Maddeneither · 0.85
  5. Alissonsister · 0.85
  6. Malayasister · 0.84

Where Zaara is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Zaara White0.78
    2. Zaara Reyes0.78
    3. Zaara Nguyen0.78
    4. Zaara Moore0.78
    5. Zaara Lee0.78
    6. Zaara Hill0.78

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Zaara

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. Scotland1974–2020
    4. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.