Zahir — #752 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Zahir

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,417 babies named Zahir between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zahir currently holds the #752 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 346 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zahir performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,690 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Zahir shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 448 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Zahir in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zahir 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 4,417 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.