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.

Nahum

#2,958 most common boys' name of all time · #7,168 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1918–2025

Rank among boys
#2,958
Rank overall
#7,168 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
2,197
Since 2016
599
Peak year
2007 #1,746
Best rank
#1,730 2005
Girls Boys peak 85/yr
192019401960198020002020

Nahum first appears in 1918. 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 — 58 58 #2,370
2024 — 63 63 #2,269
2023 — 71 71 #2,085
2022 — 48 48 #2,724
2021 — 55 55 #2,442
2020 — 44 44 #2,767
2019 — 65 65 #2,173
2018 — 66 66 #2,127
2017 — 71 71 #2,008
2016 — 58 58 #2,285
2015 — 64 64 #2,153
2014 — 67 67 #2,087
2013 — 67 67 #2,026
2012 — 74 74 #1,930
2011 — 76 76 #1,852
2010 — 59 59 #2,220
2009 — 73 73 #1,948
2008 — 82 82 #1,805
2007 — 85 85 #1,746
2006 — 79 79 #1,761
2005 — 77 77 #1,730
2004 — 59 59 #2,032
2003 — 61 61 #1,917
2002 — 50 50 #2,132
2001 — 38 38 #2,529
2000 — 44 44 #2,233
1999 — 45 45 #2,110
1998 — 38 38 #2,322
1997 — 25 25 #2,994
1996 — 48 48 #1,884
1995 — 31 31 #2,461
1994 — 39 39 #2,099
1993 — 17 17 #3,704
1992 — 18 18 #3,501
1991 — 20 20 #3,149
1990 — 24 24 #2,727
1989 — 21 21 #2,931
1988 — 11 11 #4,251
1987 — 16 16 #3,118
1986 — 13 13 #3,500
1985 — 12 12 #3,666
1984 — 13 13 #3,330
1983 — 14 14 #3,131
1982 — 9 9 #4,348
1981 — 13 13 #3,288
1980 — 8 8 #4,625
1979 — 11 11 #3,661
1978 — 8 8 #4,292
1977 — 13 13 #3,110
1976 — 13 13 #3,004
1975 — 5 5 #5,708
1974 — 10 10 #3,425
1973 — 7 7 #4,208
1972 — 8 8 #3,765
1971 — 7 7 #4,141
1959 — 7 7 #3,492
1953 — 6 6 #3,666
1923 — 6 6 #4,168
1918 — 7 7 #3,712