Nahun — #10210 US boys' name
127 babies named Nahun in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 28% of names given to boys today.
46% of everyone ever named Nahun was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Nahun in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nahun
The Social Security Administration has registered 127 babies named Nahun between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nahun currently holds the #10210 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nahun performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nahun shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nahun in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nahun 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 127 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.
Nahun at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nahun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1990
- Peak year (2009)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
Currently ranks #10210 among boys.
127 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 12 births in a single year.
Nahun by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 59 births that decade — 46% of Nahun's all-time total
Nahun decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nahun's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Nahun by state
Where Nahun concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.9% |
5 of 127 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1990–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.