Zaahir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAH-heer
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Zaahir is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “manifest, evident”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Zaahir mean?
Arabic: spelling of Zahir
“manifest, evident”
Al-Zahir, 'the Manifest', is one of the 99 names of God; the Mughal founder Babur's full name was Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur.
Meaning borrowed from Zahir. More on Wiktionary.
Is Zaahir a girl's or a boy's name?
Zaahir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zaahir in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 4 boys.
Zaahir in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Zaahir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,140th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Zaahir, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Zaahir in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 370 boys in the US were given Zaahir or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #678, up from #6,140 for this spelling alone.
- Zahir 356
- Zaahir 14
Zaahir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
Names like Zaahir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Zayaan, Zayd, Zayan, Hamza, Musa, Zahir, Umar, Amir, Abdullah, Zayyan, Ahmed
Other spellings of Zaahir
Names related to Zaahir
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, “Zaahir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zaahir, updated 20 October 2026.