How Many People Are Named Zahir?
people named Zahir are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 72,167 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,784 babies named Zahir in Social Security records from 1973 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
ππ Very Rare
Peak Year
356 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from Arabic Ψ²ΩΩΨ± (zahir) meaning "helper, supporter". In Islamic tradition Ψ§ΩΨΈΩΩΨ± (al-Zahir) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Zahir (99.9%) were boys.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Zahir alive today is about 10 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 16 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Zahir first appears in the records in 1973, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 356 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1973 to 2025
π Rank History
Zahir has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #738, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #738.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #738 |
| Best rank | #738 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #797 in the 2020s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Zahir alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zahir were born in New York than in any other state: about 471 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zahir was given 4.4 times as often in New Jersey, 3.1 times in Pennsylvania and 2.2 times in Georgia.
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