Boys' name · since 1977
Navid
Navid has 821 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,813 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,432 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 821
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
821 babies have been named Navid since 1977, making it today's #8432 boys' name.
Navid has 821 recorded births among boys since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8432 as of the latest data, more common than 39% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #5,813 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,432 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 821 born since 1977
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Navid ranks #5,813 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,432 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 821 born since 1977, peaking in the 1990s.
- #5,813 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,432 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 821
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Navid's 821 recorded births place it above 87.21% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Navid compares
821 Top 35% higher than 65% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Navid's all-time total is 122% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Navid | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 821 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 34 | 22,252 |
Navid's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Navid splits its recorded history at 2001: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 36 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Navid popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (1990)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Navid popularity over time - girls
26 total births recorded since 1988 (Navid as girls' name)
Navid by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (219 births, 27% of the file).
1990s was Navid's strongest decade.
219 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Navid births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 26
1970s
26 births
- 1980s
1980s
165 births
- 1990s
1990s
219 births
- 2000s
2000s
141 births
- 2010s
2010s
201 births
- 2020s 69
2020s
69 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 219 births (27% of all-time use).
How Navid compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Navid's total volume
Navid by state
Where Navid concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 199 | 24.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 10 | 1.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Texas | | 5 | 0.6% |
199 of 821 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Navid's data
- Navid's decade-level peak was the 1990s (219 total births); usage has since declined to 69 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Navids (199 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Navid: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~48 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1977–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Navid draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.