Nadir
Nadir is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 21 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 210.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 200146 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1975
- 1,268people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,268 boys have been named Nadir in the United States since 1975, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2001, with 46 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2000s alone account for 29%.
By decade
In 2001, its biggest year
Nadir was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2001 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 2001.
Names that rose and fell with Nadir
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nicolaspeak 2003
- Ahmadpeak 2001
- Syedpeak 2000
- Kamilpeak 2006
- Mahmoudpeak 2018
- Ronypeak 2009
- Waleedpeak 2000
- Sameerpeak 2005
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.