Nugent — boys' name

What the Data Says About Nugent

The Social Security Administration has registered 12 babies named Nugent between 1896 and 1923, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nugent currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1923. The name reached its historical peak in 1896, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nugent performed strongest in the 1890s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nugent shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nugent in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nugent 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 12 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.