Recorded 2017–2022 Boys' name Peak 2017 32 births

Zaheir — boys' name

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.

2010s122020s20
2020s
Peak decade

63% of everyone ever named Zaheir was born in this single decade.

2017
Single peak year

7 babies were named Zaheir in 2017 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Zaheir

The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Zaheir between 2017 and 2022, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zaheir currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zaheir performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Zaheir shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zaheir 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 32 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.

Zaheir at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

32

Since 2017

6 years of records

Peak year

2017

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2020s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

2017

Recorded for 6 years

Last year on file: 2022

Zaheir popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2017

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2017)
7
Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 20222021202020182017 7

Zaheir by decade

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

Peak: 2020s
Peak decade
2020s
20 births that decade — 63% of Zaheir's all-time total
2010s122020s20

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zaheir?
32 babies have been named Zaheir since 2017. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2017 with 7 births.
When was Zaheir most popular?
Zaheir was most popular in the 2020s decade with 20 total births. The single peak year was 2017.
How long has the name Zaheir been used?
Zaheir has been recorded in Social Security data since 2017, spanning 6 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Zaheir?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zahir, Zahid, Zahmir, Zaheer, and 4 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, 2017–2022 (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.