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How popular is the name Nur?

Births per year, rank history and how many Nurs are alive today.

Nur (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1315th in 2025 and given to 24 babies. The name peaked in 2006, when 29 babies were given the name, the 976th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2024, with 29 babies given the name that year.

The Nur you are most likely to meet is around 3 years old - or else around 30: the name has two living generations. Half of all Nurs born in England and Wales are between 9 and 30, and there are at least 780 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Nur - on average, only one in every 404 such rooms contains a Nur.

How many babies are named Nur each year?

0102030200020201996: 251997: 261998: 151999: 92000: 152001: 122002: 232003: 182004: 162005: 252006: 292007: 172008: 142009: 142010: 232011: 232012: 182013: 172014: 212015: 242016: 192017: 192018: 242019: 202020: 142021: 232022: 252023: 272024: 292025: 24actual

Where does Nur rank among girls' names?

1101001,0002,000200020201996: ranked 8691997: ranked 8501998: ranked 1,2591999: ranked 1,8052000: ranked 1,2502001: ranked 1,5202002: ranked 9622003: ranked 1,2242004: ranked 1,3832005: ranked 1,0122006: ranked 9762007: ranked 1,5022008: ranked 1,8152009: ranked 1,8372010: ranked 1,3322011: ranked 1,3272012: ranked 1,6492013: ranked 1,7072014: ranked 1,4562015: ranked 1,3622016: ranked 1,6352017: ranked 1,6282018: ranked 1,3432019: ranked 1,4972020: ranked 1,9392021: ranked 1,3512022: ranked 1,2822023: ranked 1,2062024: ranked 1,1602025: ranked 1,315

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Nur per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 29 in 2006
Nur: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Nur most popular?

Nur peaked in 2006, when 29 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Nur?

At least 780 people named Nur born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Nur?

Most living Nurs are between 9 and 30; the most common age is about 3. There is a second cluster around 30.

Is Nur becoming more or less popular?

Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.






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