Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Tahir

#3,161 most common boys' name of all time · #7,668 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1972–2025

Rank among boys
#3,161
Rank overall
#7,668 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
1,976
Since 2016
637
Peak year
2023 #1,821
Best rank
#1,684 1999
Girls Boys peak 88/yr
198020002020

Tahir first appears in 1972. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 53 53 #2,529
2024 — 83 83 #1,911
2023 — 88 88 #1,821
2022 — 82 82 #1,912
2021 — 77 77 #1,951
2020 — 52 52 #2,491
2019 — 52 52 #2,539
2018 — 51 51 #2,524
2017 — 52 52 #2,470
2016 — 47 47 #2,645
2015 — 43 43 #2,790
2014 — 44 44 #2,728
2013 — 34 34 #3,229
2012 — 39 39 #2,978
2011 — 37 37 #3,079
2010 — 43 43 #2,803
2009 — 51 51 #2,514
2008 — 49 49 #2,564
2007 — 45 45 #2,704
2006 — 60 60 #2,168
2005 — 52 52 #2,284
2004 — 55 55 #2,148
2003 — 56 56 #2,042
2002 — 50 50 #2,146
2001 — 48 48 #2,171
2000 — 45 45 #2,211
1999 — 63 63 #1,684
1998 — 39 39 #2,296
1997 — 38 38 #2,251
1996 — 38 38 #2,204
1995 — 34 34 #2,338
1994 — 28 28 #2,666
1993 — 24 24 #2,915
1992 — 23 23 #2,971
1991 — 22 22 #2,957
1990 — 29 29 #2,418
1989 — 11 11 #4,704
1988 — 19 19 #2,937
1987 — 17 17 #3,035
1986 — 6 6 #6,385
1985 — 10 10 #4,236
1984 — 15 15 #3,075
1983 — 14 14 #3,204
1982 — 17 17 #2,807
1981 — 8 8 #4,828
1980 — 13 13 #3,390
1979 — 24 24 #2,152
1978 — 17 17 #2,661
1977 — 23 23 #2,128
1976 — 19 19 #2,414
1975 — 15 15 #2,746
1974 — 6 6 #5,087
1973 — 7 7 #4,448
1972 — 9 9 #3,620