Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Nahshon

#5,985 most common boys' name of all time · #14,891 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1972–2025

Rank among boys
#5,985
Rank overall
#14,891 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
697
Since 2016
74
Peak year
1998 #3,153
Best rank
#2,985 1995
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Girls Boys peak 25/yr
198020002020

Nahshon first appears in 1972. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 5 5 #12,368
2024 — 5 5 #12,701
2023 — 7 7 #9,982
2022 — 7 7 #10,051
2021 — 8 8 #9,033
2020 — 9 9 #8,240
2019 — 9 9 #8,394
2018 — 9 9 #8,348
2017 — 6 6 #11,133
2016 — 9 9 #8,325
2015 — 12 12 #6,793
2014 — 12 12 #6,763
2013 — 12 12 #6,729
2012 — 11 11 #7,178
2011 — 20 20 #4,716
2010 — 19 19 #4,929
2009 — 21 21 #4,651
2008 — 18 18 #5,131
2007 — 23 23 #4,303
2006 — 24 24 #4,048
2005 — 25 25 #3,761
2004 — 21 21 #4,198
2003 — 23 23 #3,778
2002 — 18 18 #4,400
2001 — 18 18 #4,376
2000 — 21 21 #3,850
1999 — 20 20 #3,759
1998 — 25 25 #3,153
1997 — 18 18 #3,808
1996 — 20 20 #3,480
1995 — 24 24 #2,985
1994 — 15 15 #4,199
1993 — 12 12 #4,861
1992 — 10 10 #5,454
1991 — 6 6 #7,682
1990 — 8 8 #6,122
1989 — 10 10 #5,002
1988 — 18 18 #3,048
1987 — 7 7 #5,828
1986 — 14 14 #3,393
1985 — 10 10 #4,237
1984 — 12 12 #3,637
1983 — 9 9 #4,409
1982 — 10 10 #4,172
1981 — 13 13 #3,364
1980 — 6 6 #5,980
1979 — 14 14 #3,141
1978 — 13 13 #3,192
1977 — 12 12 #3,359
1976 — 6 6 #5,401
1975 — 5 5 #6,040
1972 — 8 8 #3,958