Boys' name · since 2000
Nazeem
Since 2000, U.S. Social Security records show 56 babies named Nazeem, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,406 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,653 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 56
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nazeem currently ranks #6653 among boys' names in America, with 56 babies recorded since 2000.
Nazeem has 56 recorded births among boys since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6653 as of the latest data, more common than 52% 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 2000 to 2025.
- #21,406 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,653 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 56 born since 2000
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nazeem ranks #21,406 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,653 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 56 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,406 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,653 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 56
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nazeem's 56 recorded births place it above 52.83% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nazeem compares
56 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
Nazeem's all-time total is 85% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nazeem | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 56 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Nazeem's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nazeem splits its recorded history at 2022: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nazeem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Nazeem by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (37 births, 66% of the file).
2020s was Nazeem's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Nazeem births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 37 births (66% of all-time use).
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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, 2000–2025 (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 Nazeem 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.