Nasser
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NAH-ser
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,088 for boys
Nasser is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “helper, supporter”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 3,088th for boys in the US (39 babies).
What does Nasser mean?
Arabic: spelling of Nasir
“helper, supporter”
Gamal Abdel Nasser, president of Egypt from 1956 to 1970, made this spelling widely known.
Is Nasser a girl's or a boy's name?
Nasser is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 39 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nasser in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Nasser, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 16 boys.
2025 had more boys named Nasser than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Nasser in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Nasser in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,109 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,369 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,267 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,111 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Nasser in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,088th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 39 about 1 in 44,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 39 boys in the US were named Nasser, making it the 3,088th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 43 boys. It first appears in the records in 1957.
2025 had more boys named Nasser than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Nasser in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 51 boys in the US were given Nasser or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,185, up from #3,088 for this spelling alone.
- Nasser 39
- Naser 12
Nasser in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,088 |
| 2024 | 34 | #3,392 |
| 2023 | 35 | #3,345 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 29 | #3,713 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 42 | #2,837 |
| 2015 | 29 | #3,683 |
| 2014 | 43 | #2,752 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2012 | 35 | #3,176 |
| 2011 | 31 | #3,433 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 38 | #3,044 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 29 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 34 | #3,018 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 33 | #2,918 |
| 2002 | 30 | #3,018 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,056 |
| 2000 | 33 | #2,731 |
| 1999 | 27 | #3,027 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 29 | #2,676 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,197 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 31 | #2,357 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
Names like Nasser
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Hamza, Umar, Ahmed, Amir, Abdullah, Hassan, Musa, Mustafa, Khalid, Zayd, Raheem
Other spellings of Nasser
Names related to Nasser
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, “Nasser: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nasser, updated 20 October 2026.