# Navid (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/navid/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | “good news” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Naveed |
| US babies named this | 847 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 821 / 26 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 118, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Persian نوید (navid, novid, literally “good news”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 8 | 8,955 |
| 1990 | 13 | 6,742 |
| 1991 | 5 | 14,684 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 4,616 |
| 2012 | 19 | 4,983 |
| 2013 | 17 | 5,328 |
| 2014 | 24 | 4,220 |
| 2015 | 23 | 4,369 |
| 2016 | 23 | 4,428 |
| 2017 | 20 | 4,881 |
| 2018 | 22 | 4,565 |
| 2019 | 16 | 5,729 |
| 2020 | 16 | 5,624 |
| 2021 | 13 | 6,571 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,583 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7,601 |
| 2024 | 12 | 7,130 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8,709 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 8 | 2,276 |
| 2009 | 10 | 1,981 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## 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.