Boys' name · since 2022
Nawab
53 babies named Nawab in U.S. Social Security records since 2022, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,792 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,536 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 53
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
53 babies have been named Nawab since 2022, making it today's #4536 boys' name.
Nawab has 53 recorded births among boys since 2022, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4536 as of the latest data, more common than 67% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2022 to 2025.
- #21,792 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,536 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 53 born since 2022
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nawab ranks #21,792 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,536 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 53 born since 2022, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,792 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,536 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 53
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nawab's 53 recorded births place it above 51.98% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Nawab compares
53 18th percentile among 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
Nawab's all-time total is 86% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nawab | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 53 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 34 | 22,252 |
Nawab's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nawab splits its recorded history at 2024: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2023 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nawab popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Nawab by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (53 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Nawab's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Nawab births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 53 births (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 | | 19 | 35.8% |
19 of 53 births nationwide.
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- California records the most Nawabs (19 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 Nawab: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~3 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, 2022–2025 (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 Nawab 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.