Nayson — #7599 US boys' name
81 babies named Nayson in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 47% of names given to boys today.
74% of everyone ever named Nayson was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Nayson in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nayson
The Social Security Administration has registered 81 babies named Nayson between 2009 and 2024, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nayson currently holds the #7599 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nayson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nayson shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nayson 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 81 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.
Nayson at a glance
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Current rank
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Nayson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2009
- Peak year (2014)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
Currently ranks #7599 among boys.
81 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 11 births in a single year.
Nayson by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 60 births that decade — 74% of Nayson's all-time total
Nayson decade highlights
- Peak decade 60 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Nayson's strongest decade
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 74% of all-time use.
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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, 2009–2024 (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.