Nachum — #7318 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Nachum

The Social Security Administration has registered 276 babies named Nachum between 1967 and 2024, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nachum currently holds the #7318 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nachum performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Nachum shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 83 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Nachum in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nachum in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 276 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.