# Nazir (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nazir/  
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 | “custodian”, “official” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,961 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,961 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 101, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Related to nazir (“custodian, official”)?

## 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 | 117 | 1,423 |
| 2012 | 117 | 1,425 |
| 2013 | 117 | 1,424 |
| 2014 | 106 | 1,522 |
| 2015 | 105 | 1,551 |
| 2016 | 132 | 1,354 |
| 2017 | 138 | 1,312 |
| 2018 | 185 | 1,076 |
| 2019 | 170 | 1,148 |
| 2020 | 185 | 1,080 |
| 2021 | 187 | 1,109 |
| 2022 | 186 | 1,133 |
| 2023 | 210 | 1,043 |
| 2024 | 243 | 946 |
| 2025 | 202 | 1,071 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 5 | 2,254 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2,578 |
| 2005 | 5 | 2,754 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2,870 |
| 2007 | 10 | 1,885 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2,775 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Nazir

- Nazir Afzal, British lawyer
- Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed, British politician (born 1957)
- Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, 117th pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church (1923–2012)

## 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.