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Zubair

Masculine · “strong”

1982high 2025
#2516 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare53 boys in 2025

Zubair is a strong or clever one in Arabic — and Zubayr ibn al-Awwam was among the ten companions promised paradise.

How old is the name Zubair?

Zubair first appears in US birth records in 1982 — 43 years ago. The typical Zubair is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 700 people named Zubair are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Zubair most popular?

Zubair peaked in 2025, reaching #2516 nationally. Today it ranks #2516, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Zubair

Zubayr ibn al-Awwam was the Prophet's cousin, one of the ten promised paradise, and was killed after withdrawing from the Battle of the Camel. The name's precise derivation is debated but the root suggests firmness. Zubair is standard across Muslim naming and is in current American use.

Meaningscholars disagree

strong, clever

From the Arabic Zubayr, a diminutive generally read from a root meaning 'strong' or 'firm'. Some sources give 'clever'. The derivation is standard but not fully settled. Zubayr ibn al-Awwam was a cousin of the Prophet. The name is documented.

How the name formed

  1. Zubayr
  2. Zubair

Related forms: الزبير · Zubair · Zubayr

Pronouncing Zubair

zoo-BAYR

Two syllables, stress on the second. Arabic Zubayr is said much the same way.

Nicknames for Zubair

Moderate

ZubiAn affectionate stretch, warm and used inside families
ZuThe front sound alone, used inside families rather than generally
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1982–2025532705319822025

US babies named Zubair per year from 1982 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#25161980s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1982
Most boys named
202553 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2516reached in 2025
Change vs 2024
+47.2%53 in 2025, from 36
Zubair sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2025, with 53 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Zubair in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • الزبير in Arabic — transliteration
  • Zubair in Urdu — same name
  • Zubayr in English — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Minnesota, California.

Zubairs among us

700

people named Zubair are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 32,228 born in 2025 was named Zubair

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Zubair

#2516
Zubair on the 2025 chart
#831
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Zubair went to 53 boys in 2025, but Zubayr is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 97, which makes it the 831st most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,685 places above the chart.

  • Zubair53
  • Zubayr44

About 1 boy in 17,609 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 32,228 for Zubair itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Graden test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Zubair's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Graden climbed just as high around 2008, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Graden's path sketches the road Zubair is walking now.

40%chance Zubair will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Zubair, aligned on its peakGraden· peak 2008not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+20 yrsGraden · #9566Zubair today
Zubair today is about where Graden stood in 2008 — in its own peak year. By 2023, Graden had settled around #9566.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Zubair 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 Zubair is headed

19822030

US babies named Zubair per year, 1982 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Zubair should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady+2% by 2030projected around #2,591 in 2030

Medium 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.

Zubair beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Zubair in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Zubairthis name53#2516Tahir53#2516Rye53#2516Neymar53#2516Alphonse53#2516

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • A cousin of the Prophet among the ten promised paradise is a first-rate bearer.
  • The strength reading is good where it holds.
  • The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
What to consider
  • The derivation is not fully settled.
  • Zubair and Zubayr are both in circulation.
  • It reads as specifically Muslim.

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Frequently asked

How many Zubairs 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 Zubair are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Zubair?
Zubair is the most-used spelling in US records — 53 of the 97 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Zubayr.
How popular is the name Zubair in 2025?
Zubair ranks #2516 among US boy names in 2025, with 53 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Zubair?
About 1 in every 32,228 US boys born in 2025 was named Zubair — 53 in all.
Will my child share the name Zubair with classmates?
Zubair will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Zubair

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Tahir#2516 · Rye#2516 · Neymar#2516 · Alphonse#2516 · Austen#2516 · Saleem#2516 · Stuart#2516 · Jariel#2516

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