How rare is the name Nader?

3,874 people in the United States have the first name Nader, about 1 in 77,964. It ranks #4,699 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

NADER

#4,699

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,874
About
1 in 77,964
This common or more
84.4%
Who bears it

Of the 3,874 people named Nader, 86% reported their origin as White, 6.4% as two or more races and 2.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Nader peaked in 1990, when 61 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19632025
Peak year
1990
Births that year
61
In 2025*
11 ▼82%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,555 babies have been given the name since 1963. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Nader by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #4,223. The largest share of babies named Nader, 41.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#8,75754
1970s#4,624251
1980s#4,223364
1990s#4,997397
2000s#7,732293
2010s#13,542139
2020s#16,70557
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–8021.2%
Millennials 1981–9641.8%
Generation Z 1997–1227.1%
2013 and later9.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Nader

1 other first name also has 3,874 people.

#4,699 Dylon · 3,874

Either side of Nader

#4,696 Pawel · 3,875#4,699 Dylon · 3,874#4,701 Tarek · 3,871#4,702 Aubri · 3,868

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nader, most common first.

#8,316 Nadir · 1,750#30,018 Nadera · 292

Also a last name

As a last name, Nader ranks #11,329 of 156,621, with 2,663 people. See Nader as a last name

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