Tahmir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- tah-MEER
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Tahmir is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
Where does Tahmir come from?
Modern: modern coinage similar to Tamir
Is Tahmir a girl's or a boy's name?
Tahmir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tahmir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,856th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Tahmir, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. It first appears in the records in 1995.
2025 had the most boys named Tahmir of any year since it first appeared, in 1995.
Half of all the boys named Tahmir in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 108 boys in the US were given Tahmir or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,411, up from #4,856 for this spelling alone.
- Tamir 88
- Tahmir 20
Tahmir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
Names like Tahmir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zahir, Zamir, Jamir, Nazir, Ahmir, Hamza, Amir, Musa, Zymir, Nasir, Samir, Muhammad
Other spellings of Tahmir
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Tahmir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tahmir, updated 20 October 2026.