Zahir
Last seen for girls in 2007 at #13,924 · #738 for boys in 2025, 356 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 356 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,777since 1973
Zahir over time
Rank among boys' names. Zahir has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #738 | 356 | |
| 2024 | — | #749 | 341 | |
| 2023 | — | #752 | 346 | |
| 2022 | — | #846 | 288 | |
| 2021 | — | #852 | 276 | |
| 2020 | — | #886 | 255 | |
| 2019 | — | #935 | 233 | |
| 2018 | — | #975 | 213 | |
| 2017 | — | #961 | 216 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,102 | 178 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,205 | 153 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,110 | 172 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,269 | 137 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,285 | 136 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,440 | 114 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,256 | 139 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,413 | 119 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,436 | 116 | |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #1,263 | 139 |
| 2006 | — | #1,438 | 108 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,506 | 95 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,701 | 75 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,656 | 75 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,832 | 62 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,871 | 59 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,782 | 61 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,763 | 57 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,552 | 33 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,228 | 38 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,549 | 19 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,693 | 17 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,469 | 19 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,697 | 12 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,872 | 11 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,005 | 14 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,993 | 10 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,229 | 7 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,450 | 10 | |
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| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,698 | 8 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,593 | 8 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,509 | 8 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
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| 1978 | — | #3,614 | 10 | |
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| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Zahir! It came in at #4,054, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1974–1977, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Zahir
- 11 spots since 2024 (#749 → #738)
- 148 spots since 2020 (#886 → #738)
- 467 spots since 2015 (#1,205 → #738)
- Biggest jump: 141 spots in 2017 (#1,102 → #961)
- Biggest drop: 14 spots in 2018 (#961 → #975)
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 2025 at #738 (356 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2017–2025
- Highest: 1 in 4,798 boys born in 2025 were named Zahir (0.02%)
- 39.0% of all boys named Zahir (1,862) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 17 | #3,614 (1978) | #3,834 |
| 1980s | 68 | #4,450 (1988) | #5,043 |
| 1990s | 230 | #1,763 (1999) | #3,582 |
| 2000s | 909 | #1,263 (2007) | #1,590 |
| 2010s | 1,691 | #935 (2019) | #1,154 |
| 2020s | 1,862 | #738 (2025) | #804 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Zahir in 2007
Top girls' names in 2007
Top boys' names in 2007
More about 2007
girls
1,922,617 girls got a published name in 2007; 1 in 274,660 of them was named Zahir, which outranked 32.4% of the 20,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #12,676Zurie8
- #12,676Zykirah8
- #12,676Zylah8
- #13,924Zahir7
- #13,924Aairah7
- #13,924Aaleeyah7
- #13,924Aamyah7
- #15,491Aahliyah6
- #15,491Aalaya6
- #15,491Aalaysia6
Tied with 1,566 names at #13,924; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,075,414 boys got a published name in 2007; 1 in 14,931 of them was named Zahir, which outranked 91.2% of the 14,394 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,255Lucius140
- #1,255Nevin140
- #1,255Thatcher140
- #1,263Zahir139
- #1,263Briar139
- #1,263Eder139
- #1,263Jordin139
- #1,272Aubrey138
- #1,272Benton138
- #1,272Dashaun138
Tied with 8 names at #1,263; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.