Zahir
#1,793 most common boys' name of all time · #4,337 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1973–2025
Rank among boys
#1,793
Rank overall
#4,337 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
4,784
Since 2016
2,702
Peak year
2025 #738
Best rank
#738 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 356/yr
Zahir first appears in 1973. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 356 | 356 | #738 |
| 2024 | — | 341 | 341 | #750 |
| 2023 | — | 346 | 346 | #754 |
| 2022 | — | 288 | 288 | #847 |
| 2021 | — | 276 | 276 | #852 |
| 2020 | — | 255 | 255 | #889 |
| 2019 | — | 233 | 233 | #936 |
| 2018 | — | 213 | 213 | #978 |
| 2017 | — | 216 | 216 | #963 |
| 2016 | — | 178 | 178 | #1,104 |
| 2015 | — | 153 | 153 | #1,208 |
| 2014 | — | 172 | 172 | #1,113 |
| 2013 | — | 137 | 137 | #1,274 |
| 2012 | — | 136 | 136 | #1,289 |
| 2011 | — | 114 | 114 | #1,444 |
| 2010 | — | 139 | 139 | #1,260 |
| 2009 | — | 119 | 119 | #1,420 |
| 2008 | — | 116 | 116 | #1,439 |
| 2007 | 7 | 139 | 146 | #1,268 |
| 2006 | — | 108 | 108 | #1,444 |
| 2005 | — | 95 | 95 | #1,510 |
| 2004 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,715 |
| 2003 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,668 |
| 2002 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,842 |
| 2001 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,885 |
| 2000 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,790 |
| 1999 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,774 |
| 1998 | — | 33 | 33 | #2,580 |
| 1997 | — | 38 | 38 | #2,252 |
| 1996 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,621 |
| 1995 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,782 |
| 1994 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,535 |
| 1993 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,870 |
| 1992 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,077 |
| 1991 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,143 |
| 1990 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,207 |
| 1989 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,626 |
| 1988 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,662 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,417 |
| 1985 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1984 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,846 |
| 1983 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,284 |
| 1982 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,905 |
| 1981 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,849 |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,009 |
| 1978 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,817 |
| 1973 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,504 |