NameTides

Zahir

Zahir was the #738 boys' name in the US in 2025 (356 babies), and #2,014 in England & Wales and #1,804 in Canada.

Zahir as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Zahir as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Zahir as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#738 (356)#2,014 (12)—#1,804 (11)
2024#749 (341)#1,460 (18)#727 (3)#1,156 (20)
2023#752 (346)#1,610 (15)—#2,336 (7)
2022#846 (288)#1,469 (17)—#1,895 (9)
2021#852 (276)#1,595 (15)—#1,761 (10)
2020#886 (255)#2,960 (6)—#1,595 (11)
2019#935 (233)#2,104 (10)—#2,756 (5)
2018#975 (213)#1,991 (11)—#1,983 (8)
2017#961 (216)#1,812 (13)—#1,720 (10)
2016#1,102 (178)#1,498 (17)—#2,428 (6)
2015#1,205 (153)#2,150 (10)—#2,387 (6)
2014#1,110 (172)#1,223 (21)——
2013#1,269 (137)#2,055 (10)——
2012#1,285 (136)#2,458 (8)—#2,368 (6)
2011#1,440 (114)#1,447 (16)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #738.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1973.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Zahir is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,900 to 1 in 4,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zahir by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #785WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #684WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #586MNIllinois: #711ILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #572NYMassachusetts: #378MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #711INOhio: #650OHPennsylvania: #605PANew Jersey: #523NJConnecticut: #296CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #862CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #571CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #627VAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #825NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #487LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #452GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #708TXFlorida: #557FL
Zahir (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#84913

Zahir (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ZahirCanadaBoys#1,80411
ZahirEngland & WalesBoys#2,01412
ZahirScotlandBoys—too few
ZahirUSGirls—too few
ZahirUSBoys#738356