The first name Nasser

In 2025, 39 boys born in the United States were named Nasser, the 3,113th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 2014, when 43 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Nasser Al-Kadafi
  A Qatari businessman residing in France and president of Paris Saint-Germain football club, born 1973
• Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah
  Former Prime Minister of Kuwait 2006-2011
• Nasser Djiga
  Burkinabé footballer (born 2002)
• Nasser Khalili
  British scholar, collector and philanthropist, born 1945
• Nasser El Sonbaty
  German Egyptian bodybuilder (1965-2013)
• Nasser al-Shami
  Boxer, born 1982
• Nasser Al-Kharafi
  Businessman (1943-2011)
• Nasser Hussain
  English cricketer (born 1968)
• Nasser Chamed
  French footballer, born 1993
• Nasser Kamel
  Egyptian diplomat, born 1959
• Nas
  American rapper (born 1973)
• Nasir Khusraw
  11th-century Persian Isma'ili poet, scholar, philosopher, and missionary, 1004–1088

How popular is the name Nasser?

In 2025, 7 boys born in England and Wales were named Nasser, ranking 2,952nd. Its peak was 2002, with 16 births.

Is Nasser a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 1,324 US babies named Nasser since 1880 were boys.

When was Nasser most popular?

2014 in the United States, when 43 babies were named Nasser, its highest rank at 2,791st.

Is Nasser also a surname?

Yes. Nasser is used as a surname as well as a first name; its surname page has the origin and how many people carry it.