Nehan — boys' name
126 babies named Nehan in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
70% of everyone ever named Nehan was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Nehan in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nehan
The Social Security Administration has registered 126 babies named Nehan between 2005 and 2022, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nehan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nehan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 88 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nehan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nehan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nehan 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 126 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.
Nehan at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nehan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2005
- Peak year (2017)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
126 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 16 births in a single year.
Nehan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 88 births that decade — 70% of Nehan's all-time total
Nehan decade highlights
- Peak decade 88 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Nehan's strongest decade
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 70% of all-time use.
Nehan by state
Where Nehan concentrates geographically — total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 4.0% |
5 of 126 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 4.0% 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, 2005–2022 (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.