How Many People Are Named Nachum?
people named Nachum are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,225,035 people in the US has this name
Based on 285 babies named Nachum in Social Security records from 1967 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
18 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
, HebrewHebrew form of NAHUM.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nachum in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nachum alive today is about 18 years old, and 76% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 27 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nachum first appears in the records in 1967 and was given most often in 1989, to 18 babies. In 2025, 9 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1967 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nachum has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,282, in 1989. In 2025 it ranked #8,700.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,700 |
| Best rank | #3,282 (1989) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #8,511 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nachum alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nachum were born in New York than in any other state: about 80 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nachum was given about 10.9 times as often in New York.
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