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Boy's nameOrigin: ArabicIn Israel: rising

NasserIn Hebrew: נאסר · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Nasser (Hebrew: נאסר) is a boy's name of Arabic origin. 3,771 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 60 boys and ranked #250. Its peak year was 1971, with 108 babies.

People in Israel
3,771
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
60
rank #250
Peak year
1971
108 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Nasser

In Hebrew letters the name is נאסר, read right to left. Nasser is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Nasser by year in Israel

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Nasser: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Nasser

How do you write Nasser in Hebrew?

Nasser is written נאסר in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Nasser?

3,771 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name נאסר: 6 women and 3,765 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Nasser a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 99.8% of the people named נאסר are men.

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.