Zubayr
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zoo-BAIR
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,832 for boys
Zubayr is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “strong, firm”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 2,832nd for boys in the US (44 babies).
What does Zubayr mean?
Arabic
“strong, firm”
Al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam was a companion and cousin of the Prophet Muhammad.
Is Zubayr a girl's or a boy's name?
Zubayr is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 44 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zubayr in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,202nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Zubayr, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 17 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zubayr in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 21 boys in the UK were given Zubayr or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,200, up from #2,202 for this spelling alone.
- Zubayr 11
- Zubair 10
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Zubayr in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Zubayr in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,832nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 44 about 1 in 39,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 149% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 44 boys in the US were named Zubayr, making it the 2,832nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. It first appears in the records in 2008.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Zubayr of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Half of all the boys named Zubayr in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 97 boys in the US were given Zubayr or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,511, up from #2,832 for this spelling alone.
- Zubair 53
- Zubayr 44
Zubayr in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #2,832 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 32 | #3,564 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
Names like Zubayr
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayaan, Zayan, Zayd, Muhammad, Musa, Zayyan, Umar, Hamza, Zahir, Abdullah, Ziyad, Musab
Other spellings of Zubayr
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
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, “Zubayr: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zubayr, updated 20 October 2026.