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Narjis

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Narjis is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “narcissus flower”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).

What does Narjis mean?

Greek: Arabic narjis, from Persian nargis and Greek narkissos

“narcissus flower”

In Shia tradition Narjis was the mother of the twelfth Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi.

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NAR-jis

Is Narjis a girl's or a boy's name?

Narjis is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Narjis in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,935among girls
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 70,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 30% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Narjis, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 7 girls.

2025 had more girls named Narjis than any year since 2020.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.

2006Busiest: 7 in 20202025
Narjis in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20254#4,935
20240–
20233#5,929
20220–
20213#5,824
20207#3,274
20190–
20183#5,896
20170–
20163#6,009
20156#3,777
20140–
20131#7,690
20120–
20116#3,737
20100–
20093#5,801
20083#5,772
20070–
20063#5,259

How popular is Narjis in the US?

Rank in 2025
#13,203among girls
Babies in 2025
6about 1 in 270,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Narjis, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006.

Half of all the girls named Narjis in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

2006Busiest: 15 in 20162025
Narjis in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20256#13,203
20245#15,288
202310#9,611
202212#8,536
20217#12,201
20205#15,083
20199#10,467
201811#9,146
20179#10,685
201615#7,599
201513#8,443
201411#9,512
201314#8,131
201211#9,706
20115#16,756
201012#9,227
20090–
20080–
20070–
20068#12,415

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