Nazaire

#5,773 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Nazarius

Nazaire has been given to 232 babies in the U.S. since 1997. In 2025 it ranked #5,773 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 16 recorded.

Babies named Nazaire, 2025

1 in 207,000

Nazaire over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nazaire: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Nazarius

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nazaire means

Nazaire is a form of Nazarius.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Nazarius.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 232 boys were recorded with the name Nazaire between 1997 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2018; its best national rank was #5,706 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,523 in 2020 to #5,773 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,959 in 2015 to #5,773 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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Nazaire?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 207,000; 16 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 107,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #5,773; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 143,620 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Nazaire sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 143,620 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nazaire. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nazaires were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nazaire was born before 2016 — so the typical Nazaire is around 9 today.

Median birth year: 2016; About 9 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 40.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 93.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 232; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 40.5% of all recorded uses (94).

Is Nazaire 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: +320; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +750; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +1,186; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.33×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2018 (16)
Years since peak: 7; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 28.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,706; 2018

Spellings of Nazaire

Nazaire is not the most common spelling — Zaire is, with 66.3% against Nazaire's 1.6%.

Zaire66.3%9,465
Nazir27.7%3,961
Nazar4.3%617
Nazaire1.6%232

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Nazaire is used

Across 1910–2025, Nazaire was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,664,768 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Nazaire has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Nazaire around the world

Where Nazaire 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.

France
1900–1971
#1,518
in 1971

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Nazaire by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #5,773
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 750
Best rank ever: #5,706; 2018
Peak year: 2018; 16 that year
First recorded: 1997
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 232
Count in 2025: 16

Names similar to Nazaire

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

Nazire Naziah Nazeer Nazario Mcguire Nazair Nazim Khyaire Nazari Jahmire Nazier Zhyaire Jahaire Deaire Zymire Cyaire Nazeem Jiaire Nazai Xyaire Jasire Nazareth Zhaire Azaire

Sibling names for Nazaire

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

For a sister

Annabell Karleigh Adelle Kendyl Anabel Hayleigh Shaniya Keren

For a brother

Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn Kale

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