Zuhayr
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Zuhayr is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Zuhayr mean?
Arabic
A male given name from Arabic.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Zuhayr a girl's or a boy's name?
Zuhayr is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zuhayr in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 75% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Zuhayr, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zuhayr in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Zuhayr in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Zuhayr in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Zuhayr, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Zuhayr in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zuhayr in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
Names like Zuhayr
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Abdullah, Zayd, Hamza, Mustafa, Zayaan, Zayan, Umar, Huzaifa, Ahmed, Musa, Zubayr
Names related to Zuhayr
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, “Zuhayr: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zuhayr, updated 20 October 2026.