Nazaria
Feminine · “of Nazareth”
Nazaria is the feminine of Nazario — of Nazareth — and the town's Hebrew name may mean a branch, which the Gospel of Matthew makes something of.
How old is the name Nazaria?
Nazaria first appears in US birth records in 1924 — 101 years ago. The typical Nazaria alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 600 people named Nazaria are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Nazaria most popular?
Nazaria peaked in 2025, reaching #1747 nationally. Today it ranks #1747, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From netzer to Nazaria
The story of Nazaria
Saint Nazarius was an early martyr venerated at Milan, and Nazario and Nazaria became Spanish and Italian names. Nazaria Ignacia March Mesa founded a religious order in Bolivia and was canonized in 2018. Spanish-speaking families brought the name to America, where it appears in the registers in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
of Nazareth; branch
From Nazarius, 'of Nazareth'. The town's Hebrew name is generally connected to netzer, 'branch' or 'shoot' — Matthew links Jesus being called a Nazarene to a prophecy about a netzer from Jesse's stump. A route through natzar, 'to watch', is also proposed. Neither is settled.
How the name formed
- netzer
- Nazarius
- Nazaria
Related forms: Nazaria · Nazaria · Nazario
Pronouncing Nazaria
nah-SAH-ree-ah
Four syllables, stress on the second. Spanish says it the same way with crisper vowels.
Nicknames for Nazaria
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
- 1924
- Most girls named
- 2025116 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1747reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +480.0%116 in 2025, from 20
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.
Nazaria in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Nazaria in Spanish — same name
- Nazaria in Italian — same name
- Nazario in Spanish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Nazarias among us
people named Nazaria are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 13,856 born in 2025 was named Nazaria
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Nazaria
- #1747
- Nazaria on the 2025 chart
- #816
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Nazaria went to 116 girls in 2025, but Nazariah is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 144, which makes it the 816th most-given girls’ name of the year — 931 places above the chart.
- Nazaria116
- Nazariah28
About 1 girl in 11,162 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 13,856 for Nazaria 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 Olyvia test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Nazaria's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Olyvia climbed just as high around 2004, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Olyvia's path sketches the road Nazaria is walking now.
Nazaria is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Nazaria is headed
Nazaria should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Nazaria beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Nazaria in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The branch reading connects to a genuinely interesting piece of Gospel wordplay.
- Zaria is available as a short form with a real record.
- Four syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
- The Hebrew origin of the town's name is genuinely unsettled.
- Four syllables make it long for everyday use.
- Nazario is the commoner masculine and will be assumed related.
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Frequently asked
- How many Nazarias are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Nazaria are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Nazaria?
- Nazaria is the most-used spelling in US records — 116 of the 144 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Nazariah.
- How popular is the name Nazaria in 2025?
- Nazaria ranks #1747 among US girl names in 2025, with 116 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Nazaria?
- About 1 in every 13,856 US girls born in 2025 was named Nazaria — 116 in all.
- Will my child share the name Nazaria with classmates?
- Nazaria will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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