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How popular is the name Zahir?
Births per year, rank history and how many Zahirs are alive today.
Zahir (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2014th in 2025 and given to 12 babies. The name peaked in 2014, when 21 babies were given the name, the 1223rd most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2024, with 18 babies given the name that year.
The Zahir you are most likely to meet is around 3 years old - or else around 16: the name has two living generations. Half of all Zahirs born in England and Wales are between 7 and 22, and there are at least 370 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Zahir - on average, only one in every 819 such rooms contains a Zahir.
How many babies are named Zahir each year?
Where does Zahir rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Zahir most popular?
Zahir peaked in 2014, when 21 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Zahir?
At least 370 people named Zahir born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Zahir?
Most living Zahirs are between 7 and 22; the most common age is about 3. There is a second cluster around 16.
Is Zahir becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.