Zuhair — #7397 US boys' name
322 babies named Zuhair in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 48% of names given to boys today.
36% of everyone ever named Zuhair was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Zuhair in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zuhair
The Social Security Administration has registered 322 babies named Zuhair between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zuhair currently holds the #7397 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zuhair performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Zuhair shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zuhair in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zuhair 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 322 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.
Zuhair at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Zuhair popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1988
- Peak year (2018)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
Currently ranks #7397 among boys.
322 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 20 births in a single year.
Zuhair by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 115 births that decade — 36% of Zuhair's all-time total
Zuhair decade highlights
- Peak decade 115 births
- Runner-up 109 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Zuhair's strongest decade
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Zuhair by state
Where Zuhair concentrates geographically — total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.6% |
5 of 322 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1988–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.