How Many People Are Named Nahum?
people named Nahum are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 159,787 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,197 babies named Nahum in Social Security records from 1918 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
85 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "comforter" in Hebrew. Nahum is one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament. He authored the Book of Nahum in which the downfall of Nineveh is foretold.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nahum in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nahum alive today is about 18 years old, and 84% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 25 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nahum first appears in the records in 1918 and was given most often in 2007, to 85 babies. In 2025, 58 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1918 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nahum has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,731, in 2005. In 2025 it ranked #2,380.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,380 |
| Best rank | #1,731 (2005) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,091 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nahum alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nahum were born in Texas than in any other state: about 393 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nahum was given 4.1 times as often in Texas and 3.1 times in California.
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