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Tahir

Boy's name · #2535 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Tahir reached its best rank, #1686, in 1999 and ranked #2535 in 2025. About 2,000 boys have carried it since 1972.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 8 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,209 in Austria (2025) · #1,361 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,625 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,025 in France (2025) · #2,114 in Canada (2024).

Famous Tahirs

• Tahir ibn Husayn — Military leader
• Tahir Teimurovitsch Salakhov — Soviet, Azerbaijani and Russian artist (1928–2021)
• Tahir Elçi — Turkish attorney (1966–2015)
• Tahir Yahya — Iraqi politician and former prime minister (1916–1986)
• Tahir II of Khorasan — Military leader

In stories & tradition

• Tahir Al-Hor^es — Figure in the writings of Blas Infante

What Tahirs become

Among 265 notable people named Tahir:

Political leaders appear 1.76× more often than among typical names — e.g. Tahir Yahya, Iraqi politician (1916–1986).

Similar names: Fahad · Tyree · Ameen · Ahmir · Namir · Demir

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