Cahir
Cahir is a name with a single cultural origin: Irish.
- Irish
Meaning & Origin of Cahir
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cahir is a name with a single cultural origin: Irish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Irish
The Story of Cahir
The earliest SSA record of Cahir as a baby boy name dates back to 2017, when 5 babies received it. 2019 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Cahir — #9,752 in the national rankings. About 65% of every Cahir on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Cahir last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 34 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Cahir
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Cahir. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Cathair
- Cathaoir
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About the name Cahir
Cahir is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2017 and has accumulated 34 births in the dataset. Cahir's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #9,752. Use the chart and map above to compare Cahir's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.