Tahir
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning pure; clean; chaste.
Babies a year
9
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2440
9 babies
Tahir by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Tahir. In the US, 52 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 63 babies in 1999, making it a 1990s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Tahir. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean purity
Like Tahir, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Justicejustice; fairness; virtue name1,100 in the US (2017)
- Zakaipure; remembers god182 in the US (2017)
- Salehrighteous, good, virtuous34 in England and Wales (2025)
- Wisdomwisdom; virtue name71 in the US (2017)
- Zakipure; intelligent; smart; virtuous32 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Tahir
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