# Nadir (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nadir/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | “rare”, “trivial”, “auspicious”, “boding well (?)” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,292 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,292 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 290, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Unknown. It has been suggested that it is from Arabic نَزِير (nazīr, “rare, trivial”), but if it is Arabic, perhaps more likely would be نَذِير (naḏīr, “auspicious, boding well (?)”). Represents the word 'rare' in Hebrew.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 40 | 2,938 |
| 2012 | 33 | 3,341 |
| 2013 | 33 | 3,320 |
| 2014 | 25 | 4,094 |
| 2015 | 25 | 4,144 |
| 2016 | 27 | 3,951 |
| 2017 | 27 | 3,946 |
| 2018 | 29 | 3,763 |
| 2019 | 28 | 3,865 |
| 2020 | 38 | 3,059 |
| 2021 | 32 | 3,555 |
| 2022 | 17 | 5,570 |
| 2023 | 20 | 5,007 |
| 2024 | 22 | 4,660 |
| 2025 | 23 | 4,490 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 11 | 1,911 |
| 2011 | 10 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 12 | 1,903 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,259 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |

## People named Nadir

- Nadir Belhadj, Algerian-French footballer (born 1982)
- Nadir Rüstəmli, Azerbaijani singer
- Nadir Hifi, Algerian basketball player
- Nadir Manuel, Angolan basketball player (born 1986)
- Nadir Nabiev, association football player from Azerbaijan
- Nadir Ibrahimov, Azerbaijani astronomer (1932–1977)
- Nadir El Fassi, decathlete

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.