Nas
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NAHZ
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Nas is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
Where does Nas come from?
Arabic: short form of names like Nasir
Is Nas a girl's or a boy's name?
Nas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nas in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,856th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Nas, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,495th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Nas in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,495 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Names like Nas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayd, Zahir, Zayn, Zayan, Hamza, Saif, Nasir, Muhammad, Musa, Ahmir, Zamir, Arham
Names related to Nas
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from 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, “Nas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nas, updated 20 October 2026.