Nusrat
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NUS-rat
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Nusrat is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “victory, help”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Nusrat mean?
Arabic: Arabic nusra, used in Urdu, Bengali and Persian
“victory, help”
Used for both sexes in South Asia, from Arabic for help and victory; Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was the famed qawwali singer.
Is Nusrat a girl's or a boy's name?
Nusrat is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nusrat in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nusrat in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Nusrat in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,756 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 19 | #1,548 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,614 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,614 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,382 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,263 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 19 | #1,158 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,927 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,450 |
How popular is Nusrat in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 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, 5 girls in the US were named Nusrat, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2017, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
2025 had more girls named Nusrat than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Nusrat in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nusrat in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Names like Nusrat
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Aaliyah, Ayah, Hiba, Hafsa, Rahma, Safaa, Sumayyah, Nusaybah, Faiza, Farah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Nusrat: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nusrat, updated 20 October 2026.