# Zahir (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zahir/  
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 | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,784 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,777 / 7 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 334, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ظَاهِر (ẓāhir), ظٰهِر (ẓāhir). The surname is mostly found in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 7 | 15,445 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 114 | 1,446 |
| 2012 | 136 | 1,292 |
| 2013 | 137 | 1,276 |
| 2014 | 172 | 1,116 |
| 2015 | 153 | 1,209 |
| 2016 | 178 | 1,104 |
| 2017 | 216 | 964 |
| 2018 | 213 | 978 |
| 2019 | 233 | 937 |
| 2020 | 255 | 890 |
| 2021 | 276 | 853 |
| 2022 | 288 | 847 |
| 2023 | 346 | 755 |
| 2024 | 341 | 750 |
| 2025 | 356 | 738 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,447 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 21 | 1,223 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,498 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,812 |
| 2018 | 11 | 1,991 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,595 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,469 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,460 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,014 |

## 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.