Shahir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sha-HEER
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Shahir is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “famous; well-known”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Shahir mean?
Arabic
“famous; well-known”
Is Shahir a girl's or a boy's name?
Shahir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shahir in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Shahir, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2012, with 7 boys.
2025 had more boys named Shahir than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Shahir in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were given Shahir or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,668, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Shaheer 10
- Shahir 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Shahir in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Shahir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Shahir, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Shahir in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shahir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
Names like Shahir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Amir Umar Hamza Samir Sabir Zayaan Zayan Musa Mahir Zayd Ahmed
Other spellings of Shahir
Names related to Shahir
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Shahir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shahir, updated 20 October 2026.