Zahir

maleStatistical record

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

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

Zahir: Recorded every year since 1997, its highest recorded position is #727, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#727highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#1761
1998	#2074
1999	#2097
2000	#1889
2001	#1949
2002	#1651
2003	#1248
2004	#1596
2005	#1534
2006	#1545
2007	#1361
2008	#1706
2009	#1859
2010	#1724
2011	#1447
2012	#2458
2013	#2055
2014	#1223
2015	#2150
2016	#1498
2017	#1812
2018	#1991
2019	#2104
2020	#2960
2021	#1595
2022	#1469
2023	#1610
2024	#1460

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1997 to 2024.

In 2024: #727 among boys in Scotland, #1460 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #1761 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1460 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Zahir 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 Zahir in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	16	3 of 10	5
2000s	106	10 of 10	11
2010s	129	10 of 10	13
2020sbusiest	71	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 14 births a year.

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

Zahir appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #727 in Scotland in 2024.

Zahir'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	#1460	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1469	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1595	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1991	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1812	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1498	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1223	21	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1447	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1724	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1706	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1361	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1545	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1534	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1248	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #727, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 27 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Zaheer · #1168, 27y
Zahid · #788, 29y
Zahira · #1958, 27y
Zahra · #94, 75y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Aditi · #727, 30y
Afnan · #727, 27y
Arsalan · #727, 29y
Bleu · #727, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aditi · #727, 30y
Afnan · #727, 27y
Arsalan · #727, 29y
Ayoub · #727, 29y

Zahir was ranked #727 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. 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.

Zahir 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 Zahir without appearing here.

Zahir moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1610 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1460 and #5119.
Tor Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2960 and #2960 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1595 and #3990.
Brent Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2458 and #2458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2055 and #3822.
Nils Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1859 and #1859 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1724 and #3332.

Moved ahead of Zahir

Theodor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1447 and #1522 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2458 and #1086.
Ollie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1761 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2074 and #924.
Cooper Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1761 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2074 and #1110.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1595 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1469 and #967.

Moved the same way as Zahir

Brooke Compare
Between 1997 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Zahir went from #1761 to #2960 and Brooke from #1174 to #4608.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #727 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Zahir at a glance

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Zahir by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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