Zakir

maleStatistical record

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

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

Zakir: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #600, and it stood at #2,671 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#600highest recorded position
7groupings 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	#755
1997	#600
1998	#761
1999	#973
2000	#1241
2001	#842
2002	#993
2003	#865
2004	#999
2005	#872
2006	#984
2007	#782
2008	#658
2009	#654
2010	#744
2011	#1124
2012	#947
2013	#1339
2014	#1012
2015	#1121
2016	#1271
2017	#1703
2018	#1875
2019	#1869
2020	#1723
2021	#3451
2022	#4789
2023	#3523
2024	#2671

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 #755 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: #600 among boys in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2671 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Zakir 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 Zakir in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	84	4 of 10	21
2000sbusiest	268	10 of 10	27
2010s	223	10 of 10	22
2020s	34	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 27 births a year.

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

Zakir 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: #600 in England and Wales in 1997.

Zakir'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	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1723	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1869	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1703	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1271	21	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1121	24	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1012	28	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1339	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#947	31	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1124	23	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#744	40	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#654	48	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#658	46	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#782	34	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#984	23	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#872	26	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#999	20	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#865	23	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#993	17	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#842	20	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1241	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#973	15	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#761	21	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#600	28	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#755	20	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 #600, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 48 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

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 →
#2,671position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
48births registered in its largest year, 200925 to 49 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.

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Zakk · #329, 29y

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.

Suleman · #600, 29y
Tahmid · #600, 29y
Zohaib · #600, 29y
Ehsan · #599, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Rizwan · #600, 29y
Suleman · #600, 29y
Tahmid · #600, 29y
Zohaib · #600, 29y

Zakir was ranked #600 in England and Wales · Boys in 1997. 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.

Zakir 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 Zakir without appearing here.

Zakir moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #4270.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #4270.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Zakir

Andrea Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1723 and #1935 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #1860.
Gunnar Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1723 and #1935 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #1860.
Brent Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1723 and #4608 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #3449.
Tor Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3451 and #3990 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #3449.

Moved the opposite way to Zakir

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakir went from #755 to #2671 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakir went from #755 to #2671 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakir went from #755 to #2671 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakir went from #755 to #2671 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Zakir

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakir went from #755 to #2671 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakir went from #755 to #2671 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakir went from #755 to #2671 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakir went from #755 to #2671 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: #600 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zakir

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zakir by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Zakir by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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