Tahir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TAH-heer
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,516 for boys
Tahir is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “pure; virtuous”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 2,516th for boys in the US (53 babies).
What does Tahir mean?
Arabic
“pure; virtuous”
From the Arabic root t-h-r, 'to be pure'.
Is Tahir a girl's or a boy's name?
Tahir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 53 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tahir in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Tahir, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 22 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tahir in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Tahir in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,693 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 14 | #1,724 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,290 |
| 2008 | 19 | #1,334 |
| 2007 | 22 | #1,172 |
| 2006 | 18 | #1,256 |
| 2005 | 22 | #1,063 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,239 |
| 2003 | 21 | #975 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,054 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,165 |
| 1999 | 19 | #900 |
| 1998 | 21 | #818 |
| 1997 | 15 | #1,025 |
| 1996 | 14 | #1,021 |
How popular is Tahir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,516among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 53about 1 in 32,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 53 boys in the US were named Tahir, making it the 2,516th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,466th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 88 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
2025 had fewer boys named Tahir than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Tahir in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 59 boys in the US were given Tahir or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,987, up from #2,516 for this spelling alone.
- Tahir 53
- Taahir 6
Tahir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | #2,516 |
| 2024 | 83 | #1,902 |
| 2023 | 88 | #1,817 |
| 2022 | 82 | #1,906 |
| 2021 | 77 | #1,942 |
| 2020 | 52 | #2,466 |
| 2019 | 52 | #2,524 |
| 2018 | 51 | #2,506 |
| 2017 | 52 | #2,449 |
| 2016 | 47 | #2,625 |
| 2015 | 43 | #2,765 |
| 2014 | 44 | #2,703 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2012 | 39 | #2,952 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,045 |
| 2010 | 43 | #2,786 |
| 2009 | 51 | #2,485 |
| 2008 | 49 | #2,541 |
| 2007 | 45 | #2,684 |
| 2006 | 60 | #2,149 |
| 2005 | 52 | #2,261 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,127 |
| 2003 | 56 | #2,027 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,121 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,147 |
| 2000 | 45 | #2,192 |
| 1999 | 63 | #1,668 |
| 1998 | 39 | #2,271 |
| 1997 | 38 | #2,225 |
| 1996 | 38 | #2,178 |
| 1995 | 34 | #2,294 |
| 1994 | 28 | #2,613 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,859 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1991 | 22 | #2,909 |
| 1990 | 29 | #2,368 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,708 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 24 | #2,104 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,567 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1976 | 19 | #2,328 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,635 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
Names like Tahir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Muhammad Amir Ahmed Umar Abdullah Zahir Musa Mustafa Samir Fahad Zayd
Other spellings of Tahir
Taahir
Names related to Tahir
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, “Tahir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tahir, updated 20 October 2026.