Nazareth
#2,530 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Nazareth has been given to 2,402 babies in the U.S. since 1987. In 2025 it ranked #2,530 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 107 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 50% girls, 50% boys all-time.
Babies named Nazareth, 2025
1 in 47,400
Nazareth over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Nazareth over time
In 2025, Nazareth went to 60% girls and 40% boys.
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.
How common is Nazareth?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 47,400
- 70 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 23,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #2,530
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 32,828 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Nazareth sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 32,828 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nazareth. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Nazareths were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Nazareth was born before 2017 — so the typical Nazareth is around 8 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 39.4% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 89.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,204
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 39.4% of all recorded uses (474).
Is Nazareth 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
- −504
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −40
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +1,593
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.94×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 65.4%
- Peak was 2023 (107)
- Years since peak
- 2
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 31.0% average annual change
Where Nazareth is used — girls
Across 2016–2025, Nazareth was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 11,111 girls, against 1 in 20,513 across all states with data. It was least common in Illinois (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Texas1 in 11,111
- 2California1 in 14,286
- 3North Carolina1 in 25,000
- 4New Jersey1 in 25,000
- 5Florida1 in 33,333
- 6Massachusetts1 in 50,000
- 7New York1 in 50,000
- 8Virginia1 in 50,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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.
Where Nazareth is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Nazareth was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 204,492 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in 100,000
- 2Texas1 in 100,000
- 3Illinois1 in —
- 4New 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. Nazareth has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Nazareth around the world
Where Nazareth 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.
- France1966–2016#6,584in 2016
- South Australia1972–1972#722in 1972
Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Nazareth by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Nazareth
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Nazareth
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.