Zair
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zah-EER
- US rank, 2025
- #2,572 for boys
Zair is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,572nd for boys in the US (51 babies).
Where does Zair come from?
Uncertain; possibly Arabic or a short form of Zaire
Is Zair a girl's or a boy's name?
Zair is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 51 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zair in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,572among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 51about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 51 boys in the US were named Zair, making it the 2,572nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,416th. It first appears in the records in 1999.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Zair of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Zair in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 56 boys in the US were given Zair or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,060, up from #2,572 for this spelling alone.
- Zair 51
- Zaair 5
Zair in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #2,572 |
| 2024 | 48 | #2,715 |
| 2023 | 31 | #3,627 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 34 | #3,360 |
| 2020 | 32 | #3,416 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,369 |
| 2017 | 33 | #3,376 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
Names like Zair
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zahir Zamir Zayd Zubair Musa Hamza Zayan Nazir Ahmir Muhammad Zymir Azir
Names related to Zair
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, “Zair: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zair, updated 20 October 2026.