Boys' name · since 2017
Zaheir
32 babies named Zaheir in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,510 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 32
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
32 boys have been named Zaheir since 2017, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Zaheir recorded 32 times among boys since 2017, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2022.
- #25,510 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 32 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zaheir ranks #25,510 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 32 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,510 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 32
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zaheir's 32 recorded births place it above 43.9% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zaheir's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zaheir's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2018, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zaheir popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2022
- Peak year (2017)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Zaheir by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (20 births, 63% of the file).
2020s was Zaheir's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Zaheir births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 20 births (63% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zaheir: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~5 yrs)
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, 2017–2022 (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 Zaheir 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.