# Tahir (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tahir/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,976 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,976 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 402, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 37 | 3,103 |
| 2012 | 39 | 2,996 |
| 2013 | 34 | 3,255 |
| 2014 | 44 | 2,747 |
| 2015 | 43 | 2,804 |
| 2016 | 47 | 2,657 |
| 2017 | 52 | 2,488 |
| 2018 | 51 | 2,543 |
| 2019 | 52 | 2,553 |
| 2020 | 52 | 2,498 |
| 2021 | 77 | 1,956 |
| 2022 | 82 | 1,916 |
| 2023 | 88 | 1,829 |
| 2024 | 83 | 1,918 |
| 2025 | 53 | 2,535 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 13 | 1,756 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,586 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,175 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,018 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,325 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,263 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Tahir

- Tahir Shah, British journalist and documentary filmmaker
- Taher Elgamal, American cryptographer
- Tie Domi, Canadian ice hockey player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.