How Many People Are Named Nam?
people named Nam are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 252,612 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,404 babies named Nam in Social Security records from 1975 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
58 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nam in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nam alive today is about 28 years old, and 53% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 18 and 40 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nam first appears in the records in 1975 and was given most often in 1984, to 58 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1975 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nam has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,209, in 1984. In 2025 it ranked #9,442.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,442 |
| Best rank | #1,209 (1984) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,482 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nam alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nam were born in California than in any other state: about 359 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nam was given 5.2 times as often in California and 2.8 times in Texas.
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