Zohar

#13,193 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Light, brilliance

Zohar has been given to 323 babies in the U.S. since 2001. In 2025 it ranked #13,193 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 20 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 62% girls, 38% boys all-time.

Babies named Zohar, 2025

1 in 474,000

Zohar over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Zohar over time

In 2025, Zohar went to 33% girls and 67% boys.

19972025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Zohar: meaning, origin, and history

Light, brilliance

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Zohar means

Zohar means “light, brilliance”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 199 girls were recorded with the name Zohar between 2001 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 20 in 2007; its best national rank was #6,806 in 2007.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #10,240 in 2020 to #13,193 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,437 in 2015 to #13,193 in 2025.

In the United States, 124 boys were recorded with the name Zohar between 1997 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2025; its best national rank was #6,441 in 2025.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #14,046 in 2015 to #6,441 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Zohar?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 230,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #13,193; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Zohar sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zohar. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zohars were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zohar was born before 2013 — so the typical Zohar is around 12 today.

Median birth year: 2013; About 12 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 42.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 199; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 42.7% of all recorded uses (85).

Is Zohar rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −2,081; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −2,953; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −4,756; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.50×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 35.0%; Peak was 2007 (20)
Years since peak: 18; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 41.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,806; 2007

Spellings of Zohar

Zohar is not the most common spelling — Zora is, with 25.8% against Zohar's 0.50%.

Zora25.8%10,202
Zola23.5%9,286
Zoya12.4%4,885
Zona11.6%4,567
Zahara9.1%3,609
Sahar6.2%2,453
Zoha2.8%1,108
Soha2.2%853

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Zohar is used

Across 1910–2025, Zohar was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,425,959 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —
2New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Zohar has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Zohar around the world

Where Zohar ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2024–2024
#5,892
in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Zohar by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #13,193
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 2,953
Best rank ever: #6,806; 2007
Peak year: 2007; 20 that year
First recorded: 2001
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 199
Count in 2025: 7

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #6,441
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #6,441; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 14 that year
First recorded: 1997
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 124
Count in 2025: 14

Names similar to Zohar

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Zohal Zohra Zohara Anhar Sehar Azhar Zohemy Bahar Mehar Zoha Athar Kawthar Zohie Shar Sahar Gohar Char Gurmehar Semhar Zohet Zohe Zohemi Harmehar

Sibling names for Zohar

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Shyann Sydni Abagail Halie Sydnie Rhianna Alysa Jacquelin

For a brother

Aaden Kale Jarod Keven Jamarcus Gavyn Nevin Brennen

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