Zahira vs Zahmir
American parents have registered 1,226 Zahiras since 1880, against 715 Zahmirs. But in 2025 it was Zahmir that was commoner, 48 babies to 41.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Zahira Zahmir
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 45 years in which either name was published, Zahira for 38 years and Zahmir for 7 years. The lead changed hands 3 times.
Side by side
| Zahira | Zahmir | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,226 | 715 |
| Most in one year | 69 | 73 |
| Babies in 2025 | 41 | 48 |
| Estimated living today | 1,200 | 710 |
| Median age today | 16 | 7 |
| Peak year | 2008 | 2023 |
| Best rank | 2,663rd girls | 2,047th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 3,645th | 2,676th |
| First recorded | 1975 | 2000 |
| Girls / boys | 1,226 / 0 | 0 / 715 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Zahiras alive today are over 16; half the Zahmirs are over 7. That is 9 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Zahira California (4.5×), Texas (3.3×), Florida (2.6×)
- Zahmir New Jersey (8.9×), Pennsylvania (5.2×), New York (1.6×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Zahira and Zahmir.