Nazia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAH-zee-a
- Origin
- Persian
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Nazia is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “proud, delicate”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Nazia mean?
Persian: from Persian naz 'pride, delicacy', used by Urdu speakers
“proud, delicate”
Borne by Pakistani pop singer Nazia Hassan, whose 1980 song Aap Jaisa Koi became a hit across South Asia.
Is Nazia a girl's or a boy's name?
Nazia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nazia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 40 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nazia in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Nazia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,614 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,807 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 23 | #1,087 |
| 2002 | 23 | #1,053 |
| 2001 | 18 | #1,204 |
| 2000 | 26 | #925 |
| 1999 | 27 | #893 |
| 1998 | 27 | #891 |
| 1997 | 40 | #697 |
| 1996 | 40 | #662 |
How popular is Nazia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Nazia, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1986, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Nazia in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nazia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,184 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Nazia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Safia, Aaliyah, Safiya, Zainab, Summer, Sumayyah, Halima, Hiba, Ruqayyah, Nusaybah, Habiba
Names related to Nazia
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, “Nazia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nazia, updated 20 October 2026.