Tahira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TAH-hi-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Tahira is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “pure, chaste”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Tahira mean?
Arabic: feminine of Tahir
“pure, chaste”
Al-Tahira, 'the pure one', was an epithet of Khadija, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
Is Tahira a girl's or a boy's name?
Tahira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tahira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Tahira, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 26 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Tahira since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Tahira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Tahira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,958 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,763 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,684 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,727 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,467 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,418 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,556 |
| 2008 | 23 | #1,346 |
| 2007 | 26 | #1,170 |
| 2006 | 25 | #1,153 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2004 | 25 | #1,048 |
| 2003 | 22 | #1,125 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 20 | #1,118 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,502 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 19 | #1,158 |
| 1997 | 16 | #1,278 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,450 |
How popular is Tahira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Tahira, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 1975, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Tahira in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tahira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 35 | #4,176 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,154 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,714 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,718 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,437 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,618 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 30 | #2,852 |
| 1982 | 31 | #2,900 |
| 1981 | 29 | #2,986 |
| 1980 | 37 | #2,537 |
| 1979 | 41 | #2,304 |
| 1978 | 33 | #2,572 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,837 |
| 1976 | 37 | #2,255 |
| 1975 | 43 | #2,023 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,290 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,121 |
| 1972 | 27 | #2,598 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
Names like Tahira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Aaliyah, Khadija, Halima, Safiya, Amira, Hiba, Zainab, Hafsa, Habiba, Faiza, Rahma
Names related to Tahira
Tara, Tiara, Thara, Tahirah, Tahera, Tarah, Tahari, Tahiry, Tahiri, Thiara
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Tahira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tahira, updated 20 October 2026.