Zakir
Masculine · “one who remembers”
Zakir is one who remembers — and in Islamic usage that means one who keeps God in mind by repeating the divine names, which is a practice rather than a state.
How old is the name Zakir?
Zakir first appears in US birth records in 1990 — 35 years ago. The typical Zakir is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Zakir are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Zakir most popular?
Zakir peaked in 2015, reaching #3085 nationally. Today it ranks #3949, 864 places below that high. See the whole 2015 chart.
Where it comes from
From dhakir to Zakir
The story of Zakir
Dhikr — remembrance — is a whole devotional discipline in Islam, built on repeating the names of God, and in Sufi orders it is the central practice, sometimes with movement and breath attached. Zakir names the person doing it. In South Asian Shia communities a zakir is also the reciter who narrates the events of Karbala. The name is used across the Muslim world.
Meaning
one who remembers, one who praises
From an Arabic root meaning to remember or mention; dhikr names the practice of remembrance through repeated invocation, central to Sufi devotion, and a zakir is one who performs it.
How the name formed
- dhakir
- Zakir
Related forms: Dhakir · Zakir · Zakir
Pronouncing Zakir
zah-KEER
Two syllables with the stress on the second. English speakers often say ZAK-er.
Nicknames for Zakir
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
- 1990
- Most boys named
- 201537 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3085reached in 2015
- Change vs 2024
- −3.6%27 in 2025, from 28
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.
Zakir in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Dhakir in Arabic — transliteration
- Zakir in Urdu — same name
- Zakir in Turkish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Pennsylvania.
Zakirs among us
people named Zakir are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 63,262 born in 2025 was named Zakir
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 Uel test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Zakir's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Uel climbed just as high around 1915, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Uel's path sketches the road Zakir is walking now.
Zakir 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 Zakir is headed
Zakir should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. 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.
Zakir beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Zakir in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that names a practice rather than a quality.
- Zak is a plain short form in very current use.
- The initial Z keeps it distinct on any list.
- The stress moves to the front in English mouths.
- The Arabic initial is a dh sound that English transliteration renders as z.
- Zakir, Zakiri and Zaki are all close and get confused.
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Frequently asked
- How many Zakirs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Zakir are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Zakir in 2025?
- Zakir ranks #3949 among US boy names in 2025, with 27 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Zakir?
- About 1 in every 63,262 US boys born in 2025 was named Zakir — 27 in all.
- Will my child share the name Zakir with classmates?
- Zakir will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Zakir
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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