Boys' name · since 2006
Zahi
Zahi has 115 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,514 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,945 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 115
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
115 babies have been named Zahi since 2006, making it today's #12945 boys' name.
Zahi has 115 recorded births among boys since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12945 as of the latest data, more common than 7% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- 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.
- #16,514 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,945 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 115 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zahi ranks #16,514 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,945 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 115 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,514 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,945 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 115
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zahi's 115 recorded births place it above 63.69% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zahi compares
115 28th 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
Zahi's all-time total is 69% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zahi | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 115 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zahi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zahi splits its recorded history at 2016: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zahi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Zahi by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (61 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Zahi's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Zahi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 20
2000s
20 births
- 2010s
2010s
61 births
- 2020s
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 61 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Zahi's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (61 total births) through the 2020s (34) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zahi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~19 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, 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 Zahi 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.