Taher
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TAH-her
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Taher is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “pure, virtuous”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Taher mean?
Arabic: variant of Tahir
“pure, virtuous”
Spelling of Tahir used by Arabic-speaking, Persian and South Asian families.
Is Taher a girl's or a boy's name?
Taher is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Taher in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Taher in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Taher in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
How popular is Taher in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Taher, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the boys named Taher in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Taher in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
Names like Taher
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Muhammad Umar Ahmed Abdullah Musa Zayd Amir Zayaan Zayan Mustafa Fahad
Names related to Taher
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, “Taher: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taher, updated 20 October 2026.