Zaheer — #5129 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Zaheer

The Social Security Administration has registered 318 babies named Zaheer between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zaheer currently holds the #5129 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zaheer performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Zaheer shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Zaheer in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zaheer 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 318 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.