Nasario
Masculine · “of Nazareth”
Nasario is Nazario written with the s that Latin American Spanish says for the z. Behind it stands Nazarius, a martyr of Milan whose body was found by Saint Ambrose in a garden outside the city and moved into the church that still bears his name.
How old is the name Nasario?
Nasario first appears in US birth records in 1915 — 110 years ago. The typical Nasario alive today was born around 1965, making them about 60 years old. About 300 people named Nasario are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Nasario most popular?
Nasario peaked in 1946, reaching #2030 nationally. See the whole 1946 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Latin Nazarius to Nasario
The story of Nasario
Ambrose, the bishop of Milan, had a gift for finding martyrs. In 395, according to his secretary and biographer Paulinus, he uncovered the body of Nazarius in a garden outside Milan and had it carried to the Basilica of the Apostles, which Milan now calls San Nazaro. The cult of Nazarius spread through northern Italy, into France, where the port of Saint-Nazaire carries his name, and into Spain, where he became Nazario.
Meaningscholars disagree
of Nazareth, or consecrated
Latin Nazarius is usually read as belonging to Nazareth. Some name books tie it instead to the Hebrew nazir, a person consecrated by vow, the Nazirite of the Bible. The two words look alike, and the name's first bearers left no explanation.
How the name formed
- Latin Nazarius
- Italian Nazario
- Spanish Nazario
- Nasario
Related forms: Nazario · Nazario · Nazaire
Pronouncing Nasario
nah-SAH-ree-oh
Said exactly like Nazario in Latin American Spanish, with the stress on the second syllable.
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
- 1915
- Most boys named
- 200014 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2030reached in 1946
- Change vs 2010
- −14.3%6 in 2013, from 7
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.
Nasario in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Nazario in Spanish — spelling variant
- Nazario in Italian — related form
- Nazaire in French — related form
Nasarios among us
people named Nasario are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Nasario sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- A saint's name with a documented history from late Roman Milan.
- The spelling matches how the name is said across Latin America.
- The French port of Saint-Nazaire carries the same saint's name.
- Spanish speakers will recognize it as Nazario respelled, and some documents will switch it back to the z.
- English speakers may say na-SAIR-ee-oh; the Spanish vowels need a word.
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- How many Nasarios are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Nasario are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Nasario in 2025?
- Nasario is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
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- Nasario will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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