Nazareth
Nazareth was the 2530th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 70 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 1874th with 107 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,594 places. More babies were named Nazareth in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,530 girls, down 40 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 70girls
- Girls and boys
- 64% girls, 36% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2023107 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,402babies recorded
Nazareth popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,530 | #2,744 | 70 | 47 |
| 2020 | #2,490 | #2,574 | 70 | 50 |
| 2010 | #5,548 | #4,330 | 25 | 23 |
| 2000 | #7,909 | #3,129 | 13 | 28 |
| 1990 | #9,874 | #5,681 | 8 | 9 |
| 1980 | — | #6,956 | — | 5 |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | #4,132 | — | 6 |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Nazareth, counting every spelling?
Nazareth has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Nazareth?
70 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Nazareth (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Nazareth born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 120 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Nazareth.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Nazareth?
About 1,200 people born in the US named Nazareth are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 4 and 17. That makes Nazareth a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Nazareth by state
How common Nazareth was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Texas (2.1×). In 42 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Nazareth
How popular is the name Nazareth?
Nazareth was the 2530th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 70 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 1874th with 107 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,594 places. More babies were named Nazareth in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Nazareth a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 64% girls, 36% boys given the name Nazareth in the US.
Where is Nazareth most popular?
In 2021–2025, Nazareth was most common in Texas (0.10 per 1,000 girls), followed by New Jersey and California.