Humanverse

Naseem vs Nason

American parents have registered 1,546 Naseems since 1880, against 579 Nasons. Naseem is still ahead, with 30 babies in 2025.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Naseem against Nason, 1880 to 2025 0 30 60 90 120 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Naseem Nason

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 55 years in which either name was published, Naseem for 45 years and Nason for 10 years. The lead changed hands 7 times.

Side by side

  Naseem Nason
Total US births 1,546579
Most in one year 10931
Babies in 2025 307
Estimated living today 1,500560
Median age today 2215
Peak year 20002015
Best rank 1,300th boys3,513th boys
Rank in 2025 3,658th9,714th
First recorded 19751918
Girls / boys 255 / 1,2910 / 579

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Naseems alive today are over 22; half the Nasons are over 15. That is 7 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Compare something else

Related comparisons

Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Naseem and Nason.