Masculine dossier · first seen 1918

Nahum

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Nahum
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2007

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1918Peak 20072024

Peak year

2007

Decline from peak

25.9%

2024

All-time

2,139

Nahum has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2007, when 85 boys were named Nahum.

In 2024, only 63 boys were given the name.

Down 25.9% from its peak.

All told, about 2,139 Americans have been named Nahum and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1918.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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