Boys' name · since 1999
Zair
Zair has 652 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,732 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,597 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 652
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zair is the #2597 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 652 recorded since 1999.
Zair has 652 recorded births among boys since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2597 as of the latest data, more common than 81% 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 1999 to 2025.
- #6,732 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,597 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 652 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zair ranks #6,732 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,597 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 652 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #6,732 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,597 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 652
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zair's 652 recorded births place it above 85.19% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Zair compares
652 Top 39% higher than 61% of 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
Zair's all-time total is 77% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zair | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 652 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 51 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zair's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zair splits its recorded history at 2012: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2000 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 51 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zair popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 51
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Zair by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (264 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Zair's strongest decade.
264 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Zair births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
155 births
- 2010s
2010s
264 births
- 2020s
2020s
221 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 264 births (40% of all-time use).
How Zair compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Zair's total volume
Zair by state
Where Zair concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 49 | 7.5% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 11 | 1.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 10 | 1.5% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 8 | 1.2% |
| #5 | Florida | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #7 | New York | | 5 | 0.8% |
49 of 652 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Zair's data
- Zair's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (264 total births) through the 2020s (221) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Zairs (49 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zair: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Zair 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.