Zahir
Boy and girl name · Arabic origin
Zahir meaning
Apparent, evident, one of the attributes of Allah.
Zahir at a glance
- Used as
- Boy and girl name
- Origin (boy)
- Arabic
- Listed in
- Muslim baby names
- Script form
- ظاهرAs listed by MuslimNames.com; not independently verified
- Latest U.S. rank (boy)
- #751 in 2024
- Latest U.S. rank (girl)
- #13,924 in 2007
Zahir popularity in the U.S.
As a boy name
| Year | Rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | #4,056 | 7 |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1990 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 2000 | #1,782 | 61 |
| 2010 | #1,256 | 139 |
| 2020 | #891 | 254 |
| 2024 | #751 | 339 |
All 46 ranked years
| Year | Rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | #4,056 | 7 |
| 1978 | #3,613 | 10 |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1982 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1983 | #4,908 | 7 |
| 1984 | #4,553 | 8 |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1988 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1989 | #6,227 | 7 |
| 1990 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1991 | #4,006 | 14 |
| 1992 | #4,873 | 11 |
| 1993 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1994 | #3,469 | 19 |
| 1995 | #3,693 | 17 |
| 1996 | #3,549 | 19 |
| 1997 | #2,228 | 38 |
| 1998 | #2,552 | 33 |
| 1999 | #1,763 | 57 |
| 2000 | #1,782 | 61 |
| 2001 | #1,871 | 59 |
| 2002 | #1,832 | 62 |
| 2003 | #1,656 | 75 |
| 2004 | #1,701 | 75 |
| 2005 | #1,506 | 95 |
| 2006 | #1,438 | 108 |
| 2007 | #1,263 | 139 |
| 2008 | #1,436 | 116 |
| 2009 | #1,413 | 119 |
| 2010 | #1,256 | 139 |
| 2011 | #1,439 | 114 |
| 2012 | #1,285 | 136 |
| 2013 | #1,269 | 137 |
| 2014 | #1,110 | 172 |
| 2015 | #1,205 | 153 |
| 2016 | #1,102 | 178 |
| 2017 | #961 | 216 |
| 2018 | #974 | 213 |
| 2019 | #937 | 232 |
| 2020 | #891 | 254 |
| 2021 | #851 | 276 |
| 2022 | #845 | 288 |
| 2023 | #752 | 346 |
| 2024 | #751 | 339 |
As a girl name
Zahir as a girl name: rank among girl names by year, 2007 to 2007. Best rank #13924 in 2007; most recent ranked year 2007 at #13924.
| Year | Rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names (national data, 1880-2024). Counts are Social Security card applications for births in the United States; names with fewer than 5 births in a year are not listed, and spelling variants are counted separately. Baby Name Wizard is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA.
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Meaning source: MuslimNames.com via the CC0 Muslim Names Dataset.
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