Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Jahir isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jahir through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,842
- 2,842 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 215 babies
- 2025
- 94
- #1,737 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +19%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 94 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,737 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 18.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 215 in 2003. In 2025, Georgia and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (11 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,038 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jahir’s family of names
In Tausug usage, Jahir has a related form in JAHIL.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Jahir
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Jahir, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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