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Naz

UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Coy

Naz has been given to 173 babies in the U.S. since 2001. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2019, with 13 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 54% girls, 46% boys all-time.

Babies named Naz, 2019

1 in 267,000

Naz over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Naz over time

In 2025, Naz went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Naz: meaning, origin, and history

Coy

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Naz means

Naz means “coy”.

Origin, language, and formation

Naz is used in Turkish.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 94 girls were recorded with the name Naz between 2001 and 2019. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2019; its best national rank was #8,470 in 2019.

In the United States, 79 boys were recorded with the name Naz between 2016 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2021; its best national rank was #6,976 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,356 in 2020 to #8,050 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Naz?

Naz had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2019, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2019
1 in 267,000
13 of 3,472,229 births
Among girls only
1 in 129,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2019
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
185,137 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Naz sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2019 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 185,137 children born in 2019 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Naz. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nazs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Naz was born before 2009 — so the typical Naz is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
94
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (47).

Is Naz rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 2019 (13)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
41.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#8,470
2019

Naz around the world

Where Naz ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2001–2025
    #1,719
    in 2025
  • France
    2015–2015
    #6,263
    in 2015
  • South Australia
    2008–2008
    #796
    in 2008

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Naz by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#8,470
2019
Peak year
2019
13 that year
First recorded
2001
Last recorded
2019
All-time count
94
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,050
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 694
Best rank ever
#6,976
2021
Peak year
2021
12 that year
First recorded
2016
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
79
Count in 2025
10

Names similar to Naz

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Naz

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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