girls:
7 births since 2007
#5709 (0th percentile)
boys:
4.1k births since 1973
#1922 (58th percentile)
overall:
4.1k births since 1973
#4294 (45th percentile)
The name Zahir is the #4,294 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,080 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 44.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 44.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,922 (58.1% percentile) for all time with 4,073 births since 1973. For girls, it ranks #5,709 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 7 births since 2007.
Zahir first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (1973 for boys and 2007 for girls). Birth data for Zahir is available in 45 out of the 51 years between 1973 and 2023 (45 years for boys and 1 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Zahir has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.8% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Zahir reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 35.1% percentile (ranked #592) with 188 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 188 births per million (ranked 35.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1987, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Zahir is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #592 (35.1% percentile) with 188 births per million.
For girls, Zahir reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #985) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2007.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zahir".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Zahir. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 26.7% confident that Zahir is pronounced as zuh-HIHR, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is zah-HEAR, at 22.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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