Zaahir
Zaahir is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Zaahir
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Zaahir is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Zaahir
Zaahir first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1994, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2023, when 23 Zaahirs were born — ranking #4,453 that year. As of 2026, Zaahir ranks #5,810 for baby boys with 16 births, rising sharply (+18% over the past five years). In total, more than 319 Zaahirs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Zaahir
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About the name Zaahir
Zaahir is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1994 and has accumulated 319 births in the dataset. Zaahir's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #4,453. Use the chart and map above to compare Zaahir'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 .
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