# Nargis (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nargis/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Persian |
| Meaning | “narcissus” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Nergis, Narges |
| US babies named this | 76 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 76 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 68, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Classical Persian نَرْگِس (nargis, “narcissus”).

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 8 | 9,363 |
| 1990 | 6 | 12,412 |
| 1995 | 5 | 15,033 |
| 1998 | 5 | 15,839 |
| 2000 | 9 | 10,477 |
| 2008 | 5 | 19,605 |
| 2010 | 7 | 14,522 |
| 2011 | 6 | 16,202 |
| 2012 | 6 | 16,296 |
| 2014 | 5 | 18,438 |
| 2016 | 6 | 15,663 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,877 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2,970 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2008 | 8 | 2,721 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: नरगिस
- Russian: Наргис

## People named Nargis

- Nargis Fakhri, American actress and model

## 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.