Boys' name · since 2006
Zahair
109 babies named Zahair in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,899 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,403 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 109
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zahair is the #9403 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 109 recorded since 2006.
Zahair has 109 recorded births among boys since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9403 as of the latest data, more common than 32% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #16,899 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,403 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 109 born since 2006
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zahair ranks #16,899 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,403 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 109 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,899 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,403 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 109
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zahair's 109 recorded births place it above 62.84% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zahair compares
109 27th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Zahair's all-time total is 70% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zahair | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 109 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zahair's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zahair splits its recorded history at 2020: 73% of all births land in the more recent half, 27% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 26 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zahair popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Zahair by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (80 births, 73% of the file).
2020s was Zahair's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Zahair births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s 22
2010s
22 births
- 2020s
2020s
80 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 80 births (73% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2006–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Zahair draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.