Jahir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- hah-EER
- US rank, 2025
- #1,728 for boys
Jahir is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,728th for boys in the US (94 babies).
Where does Jahir come from?
Spanish-language name, possibly a spelling of Jair
Is Jahir a girl's or a boy's name?
Jahir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 94 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jahir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,728th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 94 about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 94 boys in the US were named Jahir, making it the 1,728th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,798th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 215 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had fewer boys named Jahir than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Jahir in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 102 boys in the US were given Jahir or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,466, up from #1,728 for this spelling alone.
- Jahir 94
- Jhair 8
Jahir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94 | #1,728 |
| 2024 | 125 | #1,448 |
| 2023 | 118 | #1,501 |
| 2022 | 117 | #1,532 |
| 2021 | 106 | #1,606 |
| 2020 | 83 | #1,798 |
| 2019 | 122 | #1,432 |
| 2018 | 86 | #1,777 |
| 2017 | 89 | #1,735 |
| 2016 | 91 | #1,706 |
| 2015 | 79 | #1,853 |
| 2014 | 95 | #1,627 |
| 2013 | 125 | #1,352 |
| 2012 | 83 | #1,786 |
| 2011 | 102 | #1,544 |
| 2010 | 120 | #1,390 |
| 2009 | 109 | #1,517 |
| 2008 | 121 | #1,399 |
| 2007 | 118 | #1,387 |
| 2006 | 139 | #1,202 |
| 2005 | 134 | #1,190 |
| 2004 | 139 | #1,131 |
| 2003 | 215 | #808 |
| 2002 | 78 | #1,568 |
| 2001 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 23 | #3,372 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
Names like Jahir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jamir, Zahir, Zamir, Nasir, Amir, Nazir, Yahir, Ahmir, Hamza, Samir, Musa, Yasir
Other spellings of Jahir
Names related to Jahir
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jahir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jahir, updated 20 October 2026.