Nahuel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Nahuel

The Social Security Administration has registered 241 babies named Nahuel between 2001 and 2023, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nahuel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nahuel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 125 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nahuel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Nahuel in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nahuel 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 241 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.