Boys' name · since 1982
Zubair
757 babies named Zubair in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,113 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,531 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 757
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
757 babies have been named Zubair since 1982, making it today's #2531 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Zubair recorded 757 times among boys since 1982, holding rank #2531 nationally today, ahead of 82% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #6,113 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,531 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 757 born since 1982
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zubair ranks #6,113 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,531 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 757 born since 1982, peaking in the 2010s.
- #6,113 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,531 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 757
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zubair's 757 recorded births place it above 86.55% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Zubair compares
757 Top 36% higher than 64% 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
Zubair's all-time total is 105% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zubair | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 757 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 53 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zubair's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zubair's full recorded timeline at 2005, 73% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 27% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 53 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zubair popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 53
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Zubair by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (244 births, 32% of the file).
2010s was Zubair's strongest decade.
244 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Zubair births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 55
1980s
55 births
- 1990s 83
1990s
83 births
- 2000s
2000s
137 births
- 2010s
2010s
244 births
- 2020s
2020s
238 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 244 births (32% of all-time use).
How Zubair 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 Zubair's total volume
Zubair by state
Where Zubair concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 41 | 5.4% |
| #2 | Minnesota | | 40 | 5.3% |
| #3 | California | | 21 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 11 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Texas | | 5 | 0.7% |
41 of 757 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Zubair's data
- Zubair's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (244 total births) through the 2020s (238) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Zubairs (41 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Zubair: 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 (~43 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, 1982–2025 (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 Zubair 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.