Nam — #8468 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Nam

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,396 babies named Nam between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nam currently holds the #8468 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 58 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nam performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 458 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nam shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 374 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Nam in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nam 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 1,396 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.