Nazareth
Nazareth is given to both girls and boys: 70 girls and 47 boys were given it in 2025 (#2,530 among girls’ names and #2,744 among boys’, #3,195 among all names counting both); 2,402 Americans have been recorded with it since 1920 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,340 Americans named Nazareth and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (98% of everyone recorded); the median is 11 years old and half are between 5 and 21.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Nazareth by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Nazareth?
#2,530 among girls’ names, 2025
Nazareth rose from #4,123 in 2015 to #2,530 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 20.2 to 43.6 per million.
156 babies in 2023, the peak
Nazareth peaked in 2023, when 156 babies were given it (107 girls, #1,874 among girls’ names). The 117 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 75% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | #2,530 | 47 | #2,744 |
| 2024 | 97 | #2,026 | 48 | #2,736 |
| 2023 | 107 | #1,874 | 49 | #2,681 |
| 2022 | 68 | #2,596 | 36 | #3,320 |
| 2021 | 62 | #2,777 | 47 | #2,718 |
| 2020 | 70 | #2,490 | 50 | #2,573 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,624 | 43 | #2,887 |
| 2018 | 56 | #2,954 | 46 | #2,694 |
| 2017 | 58 | #2,894 | 43 | #2,828 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,730 | 41 | #2,918 |
Every recorded year (55)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 36 | #4,123 | 39 | #3,007 |
| 2014 | 39 | #3,899 | 35 | #3,194 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,983 | 36 | #3,104 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,206 | 33 | #3,340 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,677 | 25 | #4,071 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,546 | 23 | #4,329 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,961 | 45 | #2,735 |
| 2008 | 23 | #6,085 | 29 | #3,705 |
| 2007 | 29 | #5,055 | 32 | #3,424 |
| 2006 | 11 | #10,401 | 35 | #3,133 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,552 | 37 | #2,880 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,425 | 33 | #3,051 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,195 | 19 | #4,374 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,710 | 24 | #3,630 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,618 | 33 | #2,842 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,901 | 28 | #3,123 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,365 | 13 | #5,233 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,990 | 15 | #4,572 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,577 | 12 | #5,171 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,636 | 16 | #4,127 |
| 1995 | 8 | #10,221 | 12 | #5,016 |
| 1994 | 8 | #10,228 | 10 | #5,752 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,893 | 8 | #6,641 |
| 1992 | 7 | #11,312 | 7 | #7,172 |
| 1991 | 9 | #9,112 | 8 | #6,339 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,868 | 9 | #5,674 |
| 1989 | 8 | #9,366 | 8 | #6,040 |
| 1988 | under 5 | 9 | #5,080 | |
| 1987 | 5 | #12,617 | 7 | #5,898 |
| 1986 | under 5 | 8 | #5,180 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 9 | #4,437 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 5 | #6,975 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 9 | #4,475 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 5 | #6,959 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 5 | #6,954 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 9 | #4,293 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 9 | #4,062 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 5 | #6,535 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 11 | #3,408 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 5 | #4,445 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 7 | #3,307 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 5 | #4,369 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 5 | #4,616 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 5 | #4,699 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 6 | #4,130 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Nazareth a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,402 Americans recorded as Nazareth, 50% are girls and 50% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Nazareth: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Nazareth, and how old are they?
2,340 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 98% of the 2,402 Americans ever recorded as Nazareth. The median Nazareth alive today is 11 years old; half are between 5 and 21.
The 2020 Census counted 1,668 people named Nazareth (863 women and girls, 805 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,636 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 36 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 196 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 734 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,370 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Nazareth born?
The states with the most babies named Nazareth are Texas, California and Massachusetts, with 100% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Massachusetts is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 20 | #1,878 | 1.2× |
| California | 15 | #2,430 | 1.1× |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #972 | 0.1× |
Where Nazareth is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Nazareth is most over-represented in Texas: since 1920 it was given 1.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Nazareth with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Nazareth
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Nazareth and names like it
- Compare Nazareth and AspenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
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- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Nazareth since 1910.
- The top names of 2023The year the most babies were named Nazareth.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Nazareth alive today were born 2013-2025.
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