Zayir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zay-EER
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Zayir is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
Where does Zayir come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps from Arabic za'ir 'visitor'
Is Zayir a girl's or a boy's name?
Zayir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zayir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,397th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 126% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Zayir, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 2011.
Half of all the boys named Zayir in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zayir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
Names like Zayir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zahir, Zamir, Khaza, Zymir, Zayd, Zayan, Nahmir, Zair, Musa, Azir, Zubair, Zayaan
Names related to Zayir
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, “Zayir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zayir, updated 20 October 2026.