Zubair is a distinctive choice, ranked #1952 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Zubair in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1952
About the Name Zubair
Zubair has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 317 places in five years. It was most popular in 1997 at #554 โ parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Zubair is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school โ standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Zubair
Unlikely. With around 12 UK babies named Zubair per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Zubair in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Zubair has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 317 places in the last five years. Its peak was #554 in 1997. Choosing it now means he is likely to be among the last of his generation with this name.
Zubair 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 Zubair include: Zubair Malik โ Zubair Malik is a Pakistani cricketer.; Zubair Mahmood Hayat โ Zubair Mahmood Hayat NI(M) HI(M) is a retired four-star rank army general of the Pakistan Army who served as the 16th Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee...; Shafia Zubair โ Shafia Zubair is an Indian politician from Rajasthan and a member of the Indian National Congress..
Zubair does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice โ your child is unlikely to encounter American Zubairs in the wild.
12
UK babies named Zubair (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 317 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Zubair
Likely around 1 other Zubair in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Zubair
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Zubair Mahmood Hayat NI(M) HI(M) is a retired four-star rank army general of the Pakistan Army who served as the 16th Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from 28 November 2016 until his retirement on 27 November 2019.
Kyai Haji Maimun Zubair, also known as Mbah Moen, was an Indonesian ulama and politician. He was a famous scholar in Islamic modernism who promoted Indonesian nationalism while teaching Islam, discussing the evolution of nationalism applying Quranic verses to social, political, and religious events in Indonesia.
Shafia Zubair is an Indian politician from Rajasthan and a member of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan from Ramgarh, Alwar on 31 January 2019.
Pir Zubair Shah is a Pakistani journalist from South Waziristan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Since 2015, he has been working as a Multimedia Journalist with Voice of America.
Kyai Hajji Zubair Dahlan was an Indonesian ulama of tafsir, fiqh, uแนฃลซl al-fiqh, and tasawwuf from Rembang Regency, Central Java. Every year, in the month of Ramadan, Zubair always routinely teaches the Tafsir al-Jalalayn to his students.