Girls' name · since 1979
Nazanin
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 257 babies named Nazanin, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,346 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,646 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 257
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nazanin currently ranks #6646 among girls' names in America, with 257 babies recorded since 1979.
Nazanin has 257 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6646 as of the latest data, more common than 62% of girls, 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 1979 to 2025.
- #17,346 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,646 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 257 born since 1979
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nazanin ranks #17,346 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,646 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 257 born since 1979, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,346 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,646 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 257
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nazanin's 257 recorded births place it above 75.99% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Nazanin compares
257 42nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Nazanin's all-time total is 32% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nazanin | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 257 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nazanin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nazanin's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 72% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 28%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 25, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nazanin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Nazanin by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (123 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Nazanin's strongest decade.
123 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Nazanin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 37
1980s
37 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
62 births
- 2020s
2020s
123 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 123 births (48% of all-time use).
Nazanin by state
Where Nazanin concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 35 | 13.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.9% |
35 of 257 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Nazanins (35 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Nazanin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Nazanin 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.