Nawab — #7212 US boys' name
30 babies named Nawab in U.S. Social Security records since 2022, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 49% of names given to boys today.
100% of everyone ever named Nawab was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Nawab in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nawab
The Social Security Administration has registered 30 babies named Nawab between 2022 and 2024, spanning 3 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nawab currently holds the #7212 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nawab performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nawab in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nawab in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 30 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Nawab at a glance
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Current rank
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Nawab popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2022
- Peak year (2024)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 3 years of records
Currently ranks #7212 among boys.
30 total births across 3 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 12 births in a single year.
Nawab by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 30 births that decade — 100% of Nawab's all-time total
Nawab decade highlights
- Peak decade 30 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Nawab's strongest decade
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Nawab by state
Where Nawab concentrates geographically — total births since 2022
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 16.7% |
5 of 30 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 16.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 16.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2022–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.