Tahir

“Pure; virtuous” — Arabic origin

Boy's name · #2516 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Tahir has appeared in US records since 1972 — best rank #1671 (1999) · 1,976 babies named Tahir all-time · 1 in 33,000 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 13,000 boys in Austria (2025) · about 1 in 16,000 boys in Canada (2024).

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

Famous Tahirs

Tahir ibn Husayn — Abbasid caliphate general and the founder of Taheri Emirate (821–822)
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 — the fourth Amir of Tahirid Emirate (845–862)

Among 256 notable people named Tahir:

Political leaders appear 1.72× more often than among typical names — e.g. Tahir Yahya, Iraqi politician and former prime minister (1916−1986).

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