Fun Facts About the Name Nasreen
- 389 babies named Nasreen: U.S. records list 389 babies given the name Nasreen from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Nasreen Mean?
Nasreen is a Persian name meaning "wild rose." It comes from the Persian noun nasrīn (نسرین), the ordinary word for a kind of wild rose - often identified as the eglantine or sweetbriar - so the name and the flower are the same word. In Persian, plant and flower words commonly double as personal names, and the name's meaning is simply the plant it names.
The Arabic form نسرين (nisrīn) was borrowed from Persian and is likewise used as a woman's name. Turkish Nesrin and the South Asian spellings Nasrin and Nasreen are the same name fitted to those languages' sounds and spelling habits. The name is unrelated to the Arabic naṣr ("eagle, vulture") or nāṣir ("helper"), which only share a few consonants.
Nasreen Name History & Origins
The Persian word nasrīn is an old term for a rose and appears in classical Persian poetry as a flower image, where roses carry associations of beauty and of the beloved. From Persian it passed into Arabic as nisrīn, still meaning the flower, and from that shared word the personal name developed in Persian-, Arabic-, and Turkish-speaking regions. Giving a flower word as a daughter's name fits a long pattern in Persian and the wider region, alongside names such as Nastaran (another wild rose) and Yasamin (jasmine).
The name is used today in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, in Turkey as Nesrin, and in the Arab world as Nisreen or Nasreen. In South Asia it is familiar in Urdu- and Bengali-speaking communities under the spellings Nasrin and Nasreen; the Bengali writer Taslima Nasrin is a well-known bearer. The same forms traveled with migrants to Britain, the United States, and Canada, where Nasreen is the spelling most often seen in English.
How Popular is the Name Nasreen?
Nasreen has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1994. Its best rank was #5,927 in 1985.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,625 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #10,012 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #9,420 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #10,179 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #13,103 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #14,600 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #8,471 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2018 | #17,430 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #10,493 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #11,522 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #9,334 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2014 | #15,967 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #9,559 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2010 | #13,123 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #13,328 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2008 | #12,318 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2007 | #13,556 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2006 | #13,251 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #12,674 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #15,504 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #11,054 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #13,216 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #11,734 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #8,988 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1999 | #8,628 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1998 | #8,406 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1996 | #9,337 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #7,907 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1994 | #6,956 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1992 | #10,160 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #14,676 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #9,867 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1989 | #7,854 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1987 | #7,169 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1986 | #12,187 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #5,927 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1984 | #7,903 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1983 | #9,823 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #7,971 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1981 | #8,729 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #11,575 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1979 | #11,347 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #10,859 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1977 | #10,709 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1976 | #8,861 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1975 | #8,691 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1970 | #7,685 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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