Nash — #240 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Nash

The Social Security Administration has registered 21,076 babies named Nash between 1910 and 2024, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nash currently holds the #240 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 1,588 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nash performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 9,255 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Nash shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,436 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Nash in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nash 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 21,076 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.