Nadir
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Nadir is a boys' name, meaning “rare, trivial”. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Nadir mean?
“rare, trivial”
A male given name.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Nadir a girl's or a boy's name?
Nadir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nadir in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 22 boys.
Half of all the boys named Nadir in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Nadir in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,458 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,302 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,140 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 22 | #845 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,188 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,259 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,111 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,394 |
How popular is Nadir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Nadir, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,024th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 46 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Nadir in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nadir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,024 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 29 | #3,704 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 33 | #3,263 |
| 2012 | 33 | #3,294 |
| 2011 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,632 |
| 2009 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 39 | #2,972 |
| 2006 | 44 | #2,658 |
| 2005 | 39 | #2,748 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,281 |
| 2003 | 36 | #2,725 |
| 2002 | 33 | #2,813 |
| 2001 | 46 | #2,213 |
| 2000 | 36 | #2,573 |
| 1999 | 40 | #2,260 |
| 1998 | 45 | #2,065 |
| 1997 | 36 | #2,308 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,833 |
| 1995 | 23 | #3,015 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 25 | #2,780 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1991 | 22 | #2,909 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,417 |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,964 |
| 1979 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
Names like Nadir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Ahmed Musa Amir Umar Abdullah Ibrahim Mustafa Zahir Samir Fahad
Names related to Nadir
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nadir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nadir, updated 20 October 2026.