Zuhayr

boys:

188 births since 1997

#4398 (4th percentile)

overall:

188 births since 1997

#7551 (2nd percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Zuhayr is the #7,551 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 188 recorded births since 1997. This represents the 2.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,398 (4.0% percentile) for all time with 188 births since 1997.

Zuhayr first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1997 (first recorded for boys in 1997). Birth data for Zuhayr is available in 22 out of the 27 years between 1997 and 2023. 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.

For boys, Zuhayr reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #896) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Zuhayr ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 52.1% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zuhayr".

1997 2023 19972023

Key Statistics

Total Births
188
Peak Births
16
Peak Year
2008
First Recorded
1997
Peak Percentile
1.2%
Current Percentile
0.2%
Peak Rank
#896
Current Rank
#909
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Zuhayr

Our model has identified 11 different pronunciations for the name Zuhayr. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 17.1% confident that Zuhayr is pronounced as zue-HAIR, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is zue-HAI-er, at 17.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.

zue-HAIR (2 syllables)
17.1% confidence
Z UW0 HH EH1 R
zue-HAI-er (3 syllables)
17.1% confidence
Z UW0 HH AY1 ER0
ZUE-HIRE (2 syllables)
12.2% confidence
Z UW1 HH AY1 R
ZUE-HAYR (2 syllables)
9.8% confidence
Z UW1 HH EY1 R
zue-HIRE (2 syllables)
9.8% confidence
Z UW0 HH AY1 R
zoo-HAYR (2 syllables)
9.8% confidence
Z UH0 HH EY1 R
zue-HAYR (2 syllables)
9.8% confidence
Z UW0 HH EY1 R
ZUE-hire (2 syllables)
7.3% confidence
Z UW1 HH AY0 R
zue-HAHR (2 syllables)
2.4% confidence
Z UW0 HH AA1 R
ZUE-hehyr (2 syllables)
2.4% confidence
Z UW1 HH EH0 Y R
ZUE-HAIR (2 syllables)
2.4% confidence
Z UW1 HH EH1 R

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like Z UW0 HH EH1 R) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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