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“Variant of Zara — Flower (Arabic); or a modern variant of the Hebrew name Sarah” — Arabic/Hebrew origin
Girl's name · #1435 in the US (2025) · 2020s
Zarah is near its high-water mark: it reached #1219 in 2022 and still ranked #1435 in 2025. About 3,000 girls have carried it since 1968. Together with its spelling variants Zara (#212) and Zahra (#540), Zarah would rank around #135 with about 2,100 births last year — the newborns split about 67/26/7 across Zara, Zahra, and Zarah.
Around the world: about 1 in 6,000 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 8,600 girls in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 15 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 21 notable people named Zarah:
Entertainers appear 3.38× more often than among typical names — e.g. Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (1907–1981).
Similar names: Zara · Lillith · Zari · Mazikeen · Samiyah · Shai
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