Taher

#10,546 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Tahir

Taher has been given to 252 babies in the U.S. since 1982. In 2025 it ranked #10,546 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Taher, 2025

1 in 474,000

Taher over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Taher: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Tahir

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Taher means

Taher is a form of Tahir.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Taher → Tahir. The family’s meaning is “pure, virtuous”, recorded in Albanian with the source elements ṭāhir.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Tahir.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 252 boys were recorded with the name Taher between 1982 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2014; its best national rank was #5,786 in 1998.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,981 in 2020 to #10,546 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,646 in 2015 to #10,546 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Taher?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #10,546; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Taher sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Taher. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tahers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Taher was born before 2009 — so the typical Taher is around 16 today.

Median birth year: 2009; About 16 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 29.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 73.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 252; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 29.0% of all recorded uses (73).

Is Taher rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +3,451; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: −2,565; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −1,900; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.78×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 50.0%; Peak was 2014 (14)
Years since peak: 11; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 27.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,786; 1998

Spellings of Taher

Taher is not the most common spelling — Tyler is, with 63.0% against Taher's 0.03%.

Tyler63.0%603,970
Asher11.6%111,227
Tanner10.2%97,625
Theo3.7%35,830
Tate2.9%27,400
Yahir1.3%12,431
Baker0.86%8,234
Tadeo0.61%5,843

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Taher around the world

Where Taher ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1997–2018
#4,749
in 2018
France
1975–2025
#2,998
in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Taher by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,546
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 2,565
Best rank ever: #5,786; 1998
Peak year: 2014; 14 that year
First recorded: 1982
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 252
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Taher

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Tahmir Taheem Osher Tahsin Tahari Tahji Jasher Tahir Tahmid Cypher Escher Sher Tahje Topher Ascher Tahjae Maher Other Usher Taha Tahjay Tahaj Tahjai Tahjir

Sibling names for Taher

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Rhianna Sydnie Alysa Adelle Kendyl Anabel

For a brother

Aaden Kale Brennen Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn Caesar Hamilton

Explore around Taher

Top names of 2014, Taher's peak year The 2010s in full Other names that peaked in 1998 Boys' names starting with T