Nahum
Nahum is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 63 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 630.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 200785 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1918
- 2,139people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,139 boys have been named Nahum in the United States since 1918, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 85 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2007, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2008, and the 2010s alone account for 31%.
By decade
In 2007, its biggest year
Nahum was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2007 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2007.
Names that rose and fell with Nahum
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Neelpeak 2009
- Jacobipeak 2008
- Edanpeak 2009
- Immanuelpeak 2015
- Keyanpeak 2007
- Dakaraipeak 2009
- Oryanpeak 2009
- Alonsopeak 2010
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.