Zarah is a distinctive choice, ranked #1007 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Zarah in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1007
About the Name Zarah
Zarah is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 157 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #583 in 2005 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Zarah is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Zarah
Unlikely. With around 35 UK babies named Zarah per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Zarah in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Zarah is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 157 places over the last five years to #1007 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Zarah is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Zarah include: Zarah Garde-Wilson — Zarah Garde-Wilson is an Australian criminal defence lawyer and principal partner at Garde Wilson Lawyers.; Zarah Ghahramani — Zarah Ghahramani (Persian: زاراە قهرمانی) is an Iranian-born Kurdish author living in Australia who wrote My Life as a Traitor, an award-winning memoir of her....
Zarah does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Zarahs in the wild.
35
UK babies named Zarah (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 157 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Zarah
Likely around 1 other Zarah in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Zarah
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Zarah Garde-Wilson is an Australian criminal defence lawyer and principal partner at Garde Wilson Lawyers. She is known for her role in the Melbourne gangland wars and the subsequent Lawyer X scandal.
Zarah Ghahramani (Persian: زاراە قهرمانی) is an Iranian-born Kurdish author living in Australia who wrote My Life as a Traitor, an award-winning memoir of her imprisonment and torture in Evin Prison.