Naz
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAZ
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,779 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Naz is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “charm, grace, pride”. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Naz mean?
Persian: also used in Turkish and Urdu
“charm, grace, pride”
A Persian word for charm, grace or affectionate pride; it is also a short form of names such as Nazanin and Nazia.
Is Naz a girl's or a boy's name?
Naz is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK and 10 boys in the US.
How popular is Naz in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,779among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Naz, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Naz in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were given Naz or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,314, up from #1,779 for this spelling alone.
- Naz 17
- Naaz 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.
Naz in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Naz in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Naz, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 2016.
Half of all the boys named Naz in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Naz in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
Names like Naz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Aaliyah Hafsa Nusaybah Summer Ayah Hiba Noor Rahma Safiya Safaa
Other spellings of Naz
Naaz
Names related to Naz
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman
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, “Naz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naz, updated 20 October 2026.