Tahir

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Tahir: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Tahir: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #780, and it stood at #2,263 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#780highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1040
1997	#1010
1998	#780
1999	#840
2000	#1167
2001	#983
2002	#1322
2003	#912
2004	#1160
2005	#982
2006	#1168
2007	#1079
2008	#1242
2009	#1265
2010	#1620
2011	#2613
2012	#1756
2013	#2055
2014	#1935
2015	#1586
2016	#2175
2017	#2512
2018	#2445
2019	#2266
2020	#2682
2021	#2301
2022	#2018
2023	#2325
2024	#2263

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1040 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #780 among boys in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2263 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Tahir by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Tahir in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	66	4 of 10	17
2000sbusiest	176	10 of 10	18
2010s	105	10 of 10	11
2020s	46	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Tahir appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #780 in England and Wales in 1998.

Tahir's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2263	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2325	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2018	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1586	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1756	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1620	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1265	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1242	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1079	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1168	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#982	22	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1160	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#912	21	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1322	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#983	16	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1167	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#840	19	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#780	20	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1010	14	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1040	13	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #780, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,263position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
22births registered in its largest year, 2005Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Taha · #384, 30y
Tahani · #1995, 22y
Tahira · #1012, 29y
Tahlia · #32, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Raheel · #780, 29y
Sohaib · #780, 29y
Buster · #781, 29y
Jevon · #781, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Raheel · #780, 29y
Sohaib · #780, 29y
Buster · #781, 29y
Emiliano · #779, 21y

Tahir was ranked #780 in England and Wales · Boys in 1998. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Tahir and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Tahir without appearing here.

Tahir moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #5119.
Barry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2018 and #4001.
Grant Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2018 and #4001.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2018 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #4107.

Moved ahead of Tahir

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1620 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2613 and #1398.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2018 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #1461.
Conan Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1756 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2055 and #1294.
Aksel Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1586 and #1902 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2175 and #1431.

Moved the opposite way to Tahir

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tahir went from #1040 to #2263 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tahir went from #1040 to #2263 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tahir went from #1040 to #2263 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tahir went from #1040 to #2263 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Tahir

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tahir went from #1040 to #2263 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tahir went from #1040 to #2263 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tahir went from #1040 to #2263 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tahir went from #1040 to #2263 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #780 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Tahir

Tahir at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tahir by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Tahir appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Tahir at a glance

Tahir by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Tahir appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Tahir

Tahir and the names beside it

Tahir moved ahead of

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