boys:
3.5k births since 1985
#2105 (54th percentile)
overall:
3.5k births since 1985
#4617 (40th percentile)
The name Nazir is the #4,617 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,512 recorded births since 1985. This represents the 40.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 40.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,105 (54.1% percentile) for all time with 3,512 births since 1985.
Nazir first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1985 (first recorded for boys in 1985). Birth data for Nazir is available in 35 out of the 39 years between 1985 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Nazir reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 22.4% percentile (ranked #707) with 114 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 114 births per million (ranked 22.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Nazir is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #707 (22.4% percentile) with 114 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nazir".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Nazir. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 32.5% confident that Nazir is pronounced as nuh-ZIHR, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is nah-ZEAR, at 17.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like N AH0 Z IH1 R) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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