Nazim

#13,317 in 2025Boys' name

Organizer

Nazim has been given to 251 babies in the U.S. since 1977. In 2025 it ranked #13,317 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Nazim, 2025

1 in 663,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nazim: meaning, origin, and history

Organizer

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nazim means

Nazim means “organizer”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Nazim is used in Arabic and Azerbaijani.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈnaː.ðˤim/ for Nazim.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 251 boys were recorded with the name Nazim between 1977 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2015; its best national rank was #5,798 in 2000.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,907 in 2015 to #13,317 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 Nazim?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 342,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #13,317; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Nazim 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nazim. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nazims were born

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

Median birth year: 2009; About 16 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 34.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 65.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 251; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 34.3% of all recorded uses (86).

Is Nazim 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: −2,723; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: −7,410; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.33×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 33.3%; Peak was 2015 (15)
Years since peak: 10; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 28.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,798; 2000

Spellings of Nazim

Nazim is not the most common spelling — Nasir is, with 23.3% against Nazim's 0.33%.

Nasir23.3%17,917
Maxim9.1%6,992
Karim8.9%6,886
Nazir5.1%3,961
Naim3.5%2,697
Hakim3.1%2,361
Nahum2.9%2,197
Naeem2.8%2,120

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.

Nazim around the world

Where Nazim 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
1996–2018
#3,412
in 2018
France
1972–2025
#1,709
in 2025
Canada
1992–2023
#2,931
in 2023

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Nazim by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #13,317
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #5,798; 2000
Peak year: 2015; 15 that year
First recorded: 1977
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 251
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Nazim

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

Nazai Nazar Nazeer Naziah Nazaire Nazair Kazim Nazier Nazari Hazim Nazeem Naz Nazir Nazire Nazario Azim Nazhir Nazareth Mazim Nazaiah Nazeir Naziel Nazere Nazih

Sibling names for Nazim

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 Abagail Shyann Halie Sydni Sydnie Rhianna Alysa

For a brother

Aaden Kale Caesar Brennen Hamilton Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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