Nasir Boy
How popular is Nasir?
#486 boy name in 2025
617 baby boys were named Nasir in the US in 2025, making it the 486th most popular boy name.
Nasir popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #486 for boys (▼ 40 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 617 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+9% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #509 in 2015, #360 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (929 boys) |
| Highest rank | #355 in 2019 |
| First recorded | 1973 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Nasir counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nasir family of names ranked #342 for boys in 2025 (#301 the year before), with 961 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Nasir | 617 | 64% |
| Nazir | 202 | 21% |
| Nassir | 28 | 3% |
| Nasser | 39 | 4% |
| Nazar | 19 | 2% |
| Naszir | 11 | 1% |
| Nazaire | 16 | 2% |
| Nahzir | 12 | 1% |
| Naser | 12 | 1% |
| Nazair | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Nasir is most popular
Babies named Nasir per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 3.7 per 1,000 (54 boys)
- Maryland: 1.7 per 1,000 (199 boys)
- Georgia: 1.2 per 1,000 (310 boys)
- South Carolina: 1.1 per 1,000 (110 boys)
- Virginia: 1.0 per 1,000 (186 boys)
Nasir by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 68 | #2,205 |
| 1980s | 156 | #2,337 |
| 1990s | 1,053 | #569 |
| 2000s | 5,666 | #398 |
| 2010s | 6,276 | #355 |
| 2020s | 4,698 | #357 |
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Questions
- Is Nasir a boy or girl name?
- Nasir is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nasir were boys.
- How popular is the name Nasir?
- 617 baby boys were named Nasir in the US in 2025, making it the 486th most popular boy name.
- When was Nasir most popular?
- Nasir peaked in 2019, when 929 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #355 in 2019.
- How many people are named Nasir?
- 17,971 babies have been named Nasir in the US since 1880. We estimate about 17,790 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Nasir most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nasir was most common in District of Columbia, at 3.7 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.