Nazir
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #1,069 for boys
Nazir is a boys' name, meaning “custodian, official”. In 2025 it ranked 1,069th for boys in the US (202 babies).
What does Nazir mean?
“custodian, official”
a surname and given name common in Pakistan
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Nazir a girl's or a boy's name?
Nazir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 202 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nazir in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Nazir in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Nazir in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Nazir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,069th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 202 about 1 in 8,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 202 boys in the US were named Nazir, making it the 1,069th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,077th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 243 boys. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the boys named Nazir in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 209 boys in the US were given Nazir or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #965, up from #1,069 for this spelling alone.
- Nazir 202
- Naazir 7
Nazir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 202 | #1,069 |
| 2024 | 243 | #946 |
| 2023 | 210 | #1,040 |
| 2022 | 186 | #1,131 |
| 2021 | 187 | #1,108 |
| 2020 | 185 | #1,077 |
| 2019 | 170 | #1,144 |
| 2018 | 185 | #1,074 |
| 2017 | 138 | #1,306 |
| 2016 | 132 | #1,349 |
| 2015 | 105 | #1,546 |
| 2014 | 106 | #1,514 |
| 2013 | 117 | #1,420 |
| 2012 | 117 | #1,419 |
| 2011 | 117 | #1,411 |
| 2010 | 133 | #1,292 |
| 2009 | 167 | #1,103 |
| 2008 | 127 | #1,348 |
| 2007 | 149 | #1,182 |
| 2006 | 139 | #1,202 |
| 2005 | 164 | #1,025 |
| 2004 | 80 | #1,615 |
| 2003 | 116 | #1,247 |
| 2002 | 95 | #1,381 |
| 2001 | 73 | #1,613 |
| 2000 | 86 | #1,425 |
| 1999 | 84 | #1,392 |
| 1998 | 39 | #2,271 |
| 1997 | 35 | #2,344 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,197 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
Names like Nazir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Muhammad, Musa, Umar, Ahmed, Amir, Abdullah, Zayd, Zahir, Ibrahim, Zayaan, Mustafa
Names related to Nazir
Nasir, Nazar, Nyzir, Nazario, Nazier, Nazari, Nahzir, Nazaire
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, “Nazir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nazir, updated 20 October 2026.