Name profile

Nasir

A name meaning "helper".

PronunciationArabic /ˈnaː.sˤir/; Arabic /na.ˈsˤiːr/
Usage languagesArabic, Bengali, Malay, Persian, Urdu
US rank (2025)#486

Meaning and history

The name means “helper” in Arabic and comes from the root نصر (naṣara), meaning “to help” or “to aid.” This transcription covers two related but distinct Arabic names: ناصر, with a long first vowel, and نصير, with a long second vowel.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 681 births, rank #421
2007: 656 births, rank #432
2008: 628 births, rank #447
2009: 602 births, rank #454
2010: 503 births, rank #511
20112011: 455 births, rank #558
2012: 463 births, rank #561
2013: 514 births, rank #517
2014: 498 births, rank #552
2015: 564 births, rank #509
20162016: 681 births, rank #454
2017: 757 births, rank #411
2018: 912 births, rank #363
2019: 929 births, rank #355
2020: 865 births, rank #360
20212021: 907 births, rank #357
2022: 859 births, rank #377
2023: 742 births, rank #426
2024: 708 births, rank #446
20252025: 617 births, rank #486

Nasir moved from #446 to #487 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2019, with 929 births.