Recorded 2002–2015 Boys' name Peak 2011 42 births

Zaakir — boys' name

42 babies named Zaakir in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s272010s15
2000s
Peak decade

64% of everyone ever named Zaakir was born in this single decade.

2011
Single peak year

10 babies were named Zaakir in 2011 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Zaakir

The Social Security Administration has registered 42 babies named Zaakir between 2002 and 2015, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zaakir currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zaakir performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Zaakir shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zaakir in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zaakir in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 42 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Zaakir at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

42

Since 2002

14 years of records

Peak year

2011

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

2002

Recorded for 14 years

Last year on file: 2015

Zaakir popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2002

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (2011)
10
Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
4681012 2015201120092008200720032002 5

Zaakir by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
27 births that decade — 64% of Zaakir's all-time total
2000s272010s15

Zaakir by state

Where Zaakir concentrates geographically — total births since 2002

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Zaakir
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Pennsylvania
5 11.9%
Pennsylvania share of Zaakir's total US births 11.9%

5 of 42 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zaakir?
42 babies have been named Zaakir since 2002. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 2011 with 10 births.
When was Zaakir most popular?
Zaakir was most popular in the 2000s decade with 27 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
Where is Zaakir most popular?
The top states for the name Zaakir are Pennsylvania (5 births).
How long has the name Zaakir been used?
Zaakir has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 14 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Zaakir?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zaahir, Zaavan, Zaaire, Zaaron, and 3 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2002–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.