Nazanin
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Persian
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Nazanin is a girls' name of Persian origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Nazanin mean?
Persian
A female given name from Persian.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Nazanin a girl's or a boy's name?
Nazanin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nazanin in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 4 girls.
Nazanin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
How popular is Nazanin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Nazanin, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Nazanin in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nazanin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
Names like Nazanin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Safa, Aaliyah, Zainab, Abeeha, Ruqayyah, Sumayyah, Safiya, Hafsa, Ayah, Amira, Khadija
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, “Nazanin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nazanin, updated 20 October 2026.