Zahmir
Masculine
Zahmir joins a Zah- front to the -mir ending, and the -mir is a genuine Slavic element meaning peace or world.
How old is the name Zahmir?
Zahmir first appears in US birth records in 2000 — 25 years ago. The typical Zahmir is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 700 people named Zahmir are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Zahmir most popular?
Zahmir peaked in 2023, reaching #2047 nationally. Today it ranks #2676, 629 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Zahmir
Our story of Zahmir is a story of an ending with a distinguished past. Slavic mir means both peace and the world and closes Vladimir, Casimir and Radomir. Arabic has zahir, meaning shining or manifest. American naming meanwhile built -mir and -meer endings freely from the 1990s: Zahmir, Jamir, Symir, Rahmir. Zahmir appears in that decade, and only the back half has a documented ancestry.
Meaningscholars disagree
Not established
Not documented as an inherited name. The -mir ending is a real Slavic element, 'peace' or 'world', closing Vladimir and Casimir. The Zah- front is a modern American sound. The Arabic zahir, 'shining', sits nearby. Neither is established for this compound.
Pronouncing Zahmir
zuh-MEER
Two syllables, stress on the second. Zahmir and Zamir are said identically.
Nicknames for Zahmir
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2000
- Most boys named
- 202373 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2047reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- +6.7%48 in 2025, from 45
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Zahmir in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Zamir in English — spelling variant
- Jamir in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania.
Zahmirs among us
people named Zahmir are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 35,585 born in 2025 was named Zahmir
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Keane test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Zahmir's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Keane climbed just as high around 1996, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Keane's path sketches the road Zahmir is walking now.
Zahmir sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Zahmir is headed
Zahmir looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 15% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Zahmir beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Zahmir in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The -mir ending carries a genuine Slavic word for peace.
- The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- The Z front makes it immediately distinctive.
- The compound is not documented in either source language.
- The silent h invites constant correction.
- Zamir is a genuine Hebrew name that sounds identical.
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Frequently asked
- How many Zahmirs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Zahmir are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Zahmir in 2025?
- Zahmir ranks #2676 among US boy names in 2025, with 48 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Zahmir?
- About 1 in every 35,585 US boys born in 2025 was named Zahmir — 48 in all.
- Will my child share the name Zahmir with classmates?
- Zahmir will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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