Jasir
Masculine · “bold”
Jasir is bold in Arabic — one who dares, from a root about venturing across, the same jasr that names a bridge.
How old is the name Jasir?
Jasir first appears in US birth records in 1997 — 28 years ago. The typical Jasir is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,700 people named Jasir are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jasir most popular?
Jasir peaked in 2021, reaching #1334 nationally. Today it ranks #1942, 608 places below that high. See the whole 2021 chart.
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Where it comes from
From jasr to Jasir
The story of Jasir
The j-s-r root covers both bridges and boldness in Arabic, a connection that reads as apt in a language of a region where crossing rivers and deserts was the venture. Jasir is used across the Arabic-speaking world and in South Asia. Emigration brought it to America, where it appears in the registers in current use.
Meaning
bold, daring
From the Arabic jasir, 'bold' or 'courageous', from a root j-s-r about daring and crossing over — the same root gives jisr, 'bridge'. The link between crossing and daring is real in the language. The word is ordinary Arabic and the meaning undisputed.
How the name formed
- jasr
- jasir
- Jasir
Related forms: جاسر · Jasir · Jaser
Pronouncing Jasir
JAH-seer
Two syllables, stress on the first. Arabic gives the s a fuller quality than English does.
Nicknames for Jasir
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1997
- Most boys named
- 2021139 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1334reached in 2021
- Change vs 2024
- −24.8%79 in 2025, from 105
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jasir in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- جاسر in Arabic — transliteration
- Jasir in Urdu — same name
- Jaser in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Pennsylvania, New York, Georgia.
Jasirs among us
people named Jasir are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 21,621 born in 2025 was named Jasir
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Jasir
- #1942
- Jasir on the 2025 chart
- #823
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Jasir went to 79 boys in 2025, but Jazir and Jacir are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 105, which makes it the 823rd most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,119 places above the chart.
- Jasir79
- Jazir20
- Jacir6
About 1 boy in 16,267 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 21,621 for Jasir itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Yuri test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jasir's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Yuri climbed just as high around 1976, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Yuri's path sketches the road Jasir is walking now.
Jasir sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Jasir is headed
Jasir should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Jasir beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jasir in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The bold meaning is transparent, undisputed and thoroughly admirable.
- The shared root with 'bridge' is a genuinely fine detail.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk in English.
- The back of the name collides with the English 'sir'.
- Jasser and Jaser are both in use as transliterations.
- It reads as specifically Arabic.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jasirs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Jasir are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Jasir?
- Jasir is the most-used spelling in US records — 79 of the 105 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Jazir and Jacir.
- How popular is the name Jasir in 2025?
- Jasir ranks #1942 among US boy names in 2025, with 79 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jasir?
- About 1 in every 21,621 US boys born in 2025 was named Jasir — 79 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jasir with classmates?
- Jasir will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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