Zakir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAH-kir
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,948 for boys
Zakir is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who remembers God”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Zakir mean?
Arabic: South Asian form of Dhakir
“one who remembers God”
From Arabic dhakir, one who remembers, linked to dhikr, the devotional remembrance of God.
Is Zakir a girl's or a boy's name?
Zakir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zakir in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,511th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Zakir, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 51 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Zakir than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Zakir in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Zakir in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 14 | #1,733 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 23 | #1,268 |
| 2015 | 26 | #1,140 |
| 2014 | 30 | #1,031 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,445 |
| 2012 | 36 | #922 |
| 2011 | 24 | #1,164 |
| 2010 | 40 | #817 |
| 2009 | 51 | #686 |
| 2008 | 48 | #701 |
| 2007 | 36 | #827 |
| 2006 | 23 | #1,065 |
| 2005 | 26 | #944 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,071 |
| 2003 | 23 | #923 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,030 |
| 2001 | 20 | #913 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,043 |
| 1998 | 21 | #818 |
| 1997 | 28 | #652 |
| 1996 | 21 | #768 |
How popular is Zakir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,948th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27 about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Zakir, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Zakir in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zakir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,084 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 34 | #3,228 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
Names like Zakir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Hamza, Zahir, Zayd, Zayaan, Zayan, Ahmed, Umar, Abdullah, Musa, Amir, Ziyad
Names related to Zakir
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, “Zakir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zakir, updated 20 October 2026.