Tahirah

Gender: Girl
Say it: TAH-hi-ra
Origin: Arabic
US rank, 2025: #14,937 for girls

Tahirah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “pure, chaste”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).

What does Tahirah mean?

Arabic: spelling of Tahira; feminine of Tahir

“pure, chaste”

Al-Tahira, 'the pure one', was an epithet of Khadija, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.

Meaning borrowed from Tahira.

Is Tahirah a girl's or a boy's name?

Tahirah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Tahirah in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 14 girls.

Half of all the girls named Tahirah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 14 in 20072023

Tahirah in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2023	3	#5,929
2022	4	#4,870
2021	4	#4,864
2020	0	–
2019	0	–
2018	3	#5,896
2017	0	–
2016	5	#4,290
2015	0	–
2014	8	#3,031
2013	0	–
2012	7	#3,471
2011	6	#3,737
2010	6	#3,715
2009	10	#2,478
2008	8	#2,895
2007	14	#1,874
2006	9	#2,451
2005	8	#2,555
2004	3	#4,789
2003	6	#2,877
2002	4	#3,556
2001	5	#2,928
2000	8	#2,097
1999	10	#1,770
1998	6	#2,535
1997	9	#1,927
1996	7	#2,201

How popular is Tahirah in the US?

Rank in 2025: 14,937th among girls
Babies in 2025: 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
Five-year trend: Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Tahirah, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1982, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.

Half of all the girls named Tahirah in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.

1971Busiest: 32 in 19822025

Tahirah in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	5	#14,937
2024	0	–
2023	5	#15,188
2022	5	#15,300
2021	7	#12,201
2020	0	–
2019	5	#15,532
2018	14	#7,758
2017	16	#7,088
2016	10	#10,109
2015	14	#8,004
2014	23	#5,623
2013	12	#9,031
2012	15	#7,800
2011	18	#6,852
2010	14	#8,267
2009	13	#8,884
2008	15	#8,105
2007	17	#7,390
2006	22	#5,904
2005	23	#5,432
2004	17	#6,763
2003	17	#6,571
2002	16	#6,692
2001	18	#6,062
2000	14	#7,152
1999	21	#5,033
1998	24	#4,489
1997	30	#3,713
1996	23	#4,448
1995	20	#4,841
1994	30	#3,610
1993	19	#4,992
1992	21	#4,679
1991	32	#3,363
1990	25	#3,998
1989	20	#4,516
1988	14	#5,593
1987	10	#6,783
1986	19	#4,184
1985	15	#4,858
1984	20	#3,873
1983	14	#4,883
1982	32	#2,830
1981	16	#4,531
1980	21	#3,718
1979	26	#3,147
1978	20	#3,637
1977	19	#3,760
1976	24	#3,001
1975	23	#3,052
1974	27	#2,683
1973	11	#4,869
1972	11	#4,792
1971	8	#6,004

Names like Tahirah

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Aaliyah, Farah, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah, Zainab, Safa, Safiya, Aaminah, Hibah, Aakifah, Nusaybah, Summer

Names related to Tahirah

Tahira, Tahera, Tiarah, Tariyah, Tahari, Tahiry, Tariah, Tahiri, Thiara, Taira

More Arabic names

Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza

Every Arabic name

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, “Tahirah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tahirah, updated 20 October 2026.