Recorded 1994–2015 Girls' name Peak 2013 140 births

Nazirah — girls' name

140 babies named Nazirah in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s292000s702010s41
2000s
Peak decade

50% of everyone ever named Nazirah was born in this single decade.

2013
Single peak year

11 babies were named Nazirah in 2013 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nazirah

The Social Security Administration has registered 140 babies named Nazirah between 1994 and 2015, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nazirah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nazirah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nazirah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nazirah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nazirah 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 140 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.

Nazirah at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

140

Since 1994

22 years of records

Peak year

2013

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1994

Recorded for 22 years

Last year on file: 2015

Nazirah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1994

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (2013)
11
Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
4681012 2015201120082005200219981994 7

Nazirah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
70 births that decade — 50% of Nazirah's all-time total
1990s292000s702010s41

Nazirah by state

Where Nazirah concentrates geographically — total births since 1994

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Nazirah
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New Jersey
5 3.6%
New Jersey share of Nazirah's total US births 3.6%

5 of 140 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nazirah?
140 babies have been named Nazirah since 1994. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 2013 with 11 births.
When was Nazirah most popular?
Nazirah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 70 total births. The single peak year was 2013.
Where is Nazirah most popular?
The top states for the name Nazirah are New Jersey (5 births).
How long has the name Nazirah been used?
Nazirah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1994, spanning 22 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Nazirah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nazareth, Naziyah, Nazaria, Nazia, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1994–2015 (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.