Tahira is a distinctive choice, ranked #3705 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Tahira in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#3705
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About the Name Tahira
Tahira is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 431 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1012 in 2004 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Tahira is rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Tahira in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Tahira
Tahira Ismael-Sansawi — Tahira Ismael-Sansawi (also Tahira Ismael) (PMP) is a Filipino politician and was mayor of Lantawan in Basilan from 2001 to 2010.
Tahira Qazi — Tahira Qazi was a Pakistani educationist and principal of Army Public School Peshawar who was killed in the Peshawar school attack on 16 December 2014.
Tahira Mazhar Ali — Tahira Mazhar Ali was a Pakistani women's rights campaigner and a political activist, and mentor to Benazir Bhutto.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Tahira
Unlikely. With around 6 UK babies named Tahira per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Tahira in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Tahira is declining: down 862 places since 2020, to #3,705 in 2025. It peaked at #1,012 in 2004.
Tahira is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Tahira include: Tahira Ismael-Sansawi, Tahira Mushtaq and Tahira Reid Smith. Short summaries for each appear below.
Tahira does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Tahiras in the wild.
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UK babies named Tahira (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↓ 862 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Tahira
Almost certainly the only Tahira in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Tahira
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Tahira Qazi was a Pakistani educationist and principal of Army Public School Peshawar who was killed in the Peshawar school attack on 16 December 2014.
Tahira Akbar qizi Tahirova (Azerbaijani: Tahirə Əkbər qızı Tahirova, Russian: Таи́ра Акпе́ровна Таи́рова; 7 November 1913 – 26 October 1991) was a Soviet politician and diplomat.