How rare is the name Nasir?

12,030 people in the United States have the first name Nasir, about 1 in 25,107. It ranks #2,191 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

NASIR

#2,191

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,030
About
1 in 25,107
This common or more
78.9%
Who bears it

Of the 12,030 people named Nasir, 70.1% reported their origin as Black, 12.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 7.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Nasir peaked in 2019, when 935 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19732025
Peak year
2019
Births that year
935
In 2025*
617 ▼34%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 17,971 babies have been given the name since 1973. 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.

Nasir by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #819. The largest share of babies named Nasir, 53.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#10,27368
1980s#7,502156
1990s#2,5861,059
2000s#9735,682
2010s#9746,297
2020s#8194,709
Generation X 1965–800.5%
Millennials 1981–962.7%
Generation Z 1997–1243.5%
2013 and later53.3%

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.

Where Nasir is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nasir has been most common in Delaware (4.4×), New Jersey (3.1×), and District of Columbia (2.9×), and least common in Mississippi (0.14×).

16,773 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Nasir

#2,189 Bettie · 12,043#2,190 Annabella · 12,034#2,192 Barbra · 12,020#2,193 Scot · 12,000

Spelled almost the same

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

#5,868 Nazir · 2,823#9,590 Naser · 1,439#14,820 Nassir · 788#19,928 Nasira · 524#23,382 Nasr · 419#31,546 Nasier · 271#32,621 Naasir · 257#38,650 Nasar · 198

Also a last name

As a last name, Nasir ranks #9,876 of 156,621, with 3,124 people. See Nasir as a last name

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