Naser
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NAH-ser
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Naser is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “helper, supporter”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Naser mean?
Arabic: spelling of Nasser, itself a spelling of Nasir
“helper, supporter”
Gamal Abdel Nasser, president of Egypt from 1956 to 1970, made this spelling widely known.
Meaning borrowed from Nasser.
Is Naser a girl's or a boy's name?
Naser is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Naser in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 5 boys.
Naser in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
How popular is Naser in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Naser, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Naser in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 51 boys in the US were given Naser or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,185, up from #6,799 for this spelling alone.
- Nasser 39
- Naser 12
Naser in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
Names like Naser
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Umar Ahmed Hamza Abdullah Amir Musa Mustafa Zayd Khalid Ibrahim Zayan
Other spellings of Naser
Names related to Naser
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
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, “Naser: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naser, updated 20 October 2026.