Nazaire

Gender: Boy
Say it: nah-ZAIR
Origin: Latin
US rank, 2025: #5,606 for boys

Nazaire is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “of Nazareth”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).

What does Nazaire mean?

Latin: French form of Nazarius

“of Nazareth”

French form of Nazarius, an early Christian martyr whose name survives in the port of Saint-Nazaire.

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

Nazaire is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Nazaire in the US?

Rank in 2025: 5,606th among boys
Babies in 2025: 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
Five-year trend: Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Nazaire, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.

2025 had more boys named Nazaire than any year since 2018.

Half of all the boys named Nazaire in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

1997Busiest: 16 in 20182025

Nazaire in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	16	#5,606
2024	15	#5,899
2023	8	#8,916
2022	12	#6,822
2021	10	#7,582
2020	13	#6,292
2019	12	#6,772
2018	16	#5,536
2017	13	#6,334
2016	12	#6,721
2015	12	#6,671
2014	0	–
2013	5	#12,129
2012	9	#8,152
2011	10	#7,495
2010	5	#12,224
2009	8	#8,980
2008	6	#11,030
2007	9	#8,169
2006	7	#9,579
2005	6	#10,144
2004	6	#9,941
2003	7	#8,636
2002	0	–
2001	0	–
2000	5	#10,341
1999	5	#9,905
1998	0	–
1997	5	#9,259