Boys' name · since 2011
Zhair
Since 2011, U.S. Social Security records show 32 babies named Zhair, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,513 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,544 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 32
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
32 babies have been named Zhair since 2011, making it today's #11544 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Zhair recorded 32 times among boys since 2011, holding rank #11544 nationally today, ahead of 17% of boys, 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 2011 to 2025.
- #25,513 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,544 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 32 born since 2011
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zhair ranks #25,513 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,544 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 32 born since 2011, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,513 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,544 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 32
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zhair'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.
How Zhair compares
32 12th 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
Zhair's all-time total is 91% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zhair | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 32 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zhair's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zhair's SSA record in two at 2023 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2011, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zhair popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Zhair by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (22 births, 69% of the file).
2020s was Zhair's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Zhair births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 22 births (69% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zhair: 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 (~14 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, 2011–2025 (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 Zhair 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.