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: #2,511among boys
Babies in 2025: 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 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.

1996Busiest: 51 in 20092025

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: #3,948among boys
Babies in 2025: 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steadyup 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.

1990Busiest: 37 in 20152025

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

Zakaria Zakary Zakari Zakhar Zakarie Zakery

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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.