Given name & surname
Nasser
“one who is triumphant”
Nasser is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is triumphant.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is triumphant.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nasser through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,324
- 1,324 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 43 babies
- 2025
- 39
- #3,113 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +5%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 39 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,113 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 4.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 43 in 2014. In 2025, Michigan had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,127 as a first name in 2020; 5,232 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nasser’s family of names
Nasser has a related form in Nassir. Nasser has a related form in Nassar. Nasser has a related form in Nassor.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nasser
- Naser al-Din Shah QajarShah of Qajar Iran from 1848 to 18961831–1896
- NasAmerican rapper (born 1973)
- Nasir Khusraw11th-century Persian Isma'ili poet, scholar, philosopher, and missionary1004–1088
- Naser AlijiAlbanian-Swiss association football playerborn 1993
- Nasser Al-KhelaifiA Qatari businessman residing in France and president of Paris Saint-Germain football clubborn 1973
- Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabahformer Prime Minister of Kuwait 2006-2011born 1940
- Naser OrićBosnian soldierborn 1967
- Nasser al-AttiyahQatari rally driver and sport shooter (born 1970)
- Nasser HejaziIranian footballer (1949–2011)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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