Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Nur

Gender

Male

Origin

Hebrew
Light

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Nur

Pronunciation

nur

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #5608, 16 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #3136, 52 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4172, 34 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20251634
2024929
20231152
2022637
20211031
2020729
2019820
20181133
20171522
20161220

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #2658, 8 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #1160, 29 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1315, 24 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025824
2024429
2023627
2022725
2021423
2020814
2019420
2018424
2017319
2016319

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #3645, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #1861, 17 births); most recent 2023 (rank #1941, 15 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023515
2022–12
2021–10
2020–6
2019–7
2018–17
2017–16
2016–14
2015–14
2014–7

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2013 (rank #746, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2010 (rank #509, 6 births); most recent 2016 (rank #675, 4 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence