Given name & surname
Tahira
“one who is chaste; pure”
Tahira is a variant of Tahirah. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is chaste; pure.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tahira is a variant of Tahirah. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is chaste; pure.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tahira is a variant of Tahirah. An origin associated with Tahirah is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tahira through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,298
- 0 boys · 1,298 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 43 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #6,799 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −3%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,799 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 2.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 43 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,130 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Tahira
- Tahereh SaffarzadehIranian academic (1936–2008)
- Tahira TahirovaSoviet diplomat (1913-1991)
- Tahira Wastiactress (1944–2012)
- Tahira SyedPakistani folk singerborn 1958
- Tahira AsifPakistani politician (1961-2014)
- Tahira AurangzebDai in Pakistan
- Tahira AbdullahPakistani activist
- Tahera QutbuddinIndian Professor of Arabic (born 1964)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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