Boys' name · since 2004
Nuh
Nuh has 335 recorded births since 2004 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,002 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,120 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 335
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nuh currently ranks #3120 among boys' names in America, with 335 babies recorded since 2004.
Nuh has 335 recorded births among boys since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3120 as of the latest data, more common than 78% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #10,002 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,120 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 335 born since 2004
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nuh ranks #10,002 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,120 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 335 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,002 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,120 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 335
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nuh's 335 recorded births place it above 77.99% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Nuh compares
335 48th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nuh's all-time total is 9% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nuh | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 335 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 39 | 34 | 22,252 |
Nuh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nuh's full recorded timeline at 2015, 73% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 27% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 39 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nuh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Nuh by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (162 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Nuh's strongest decade.
162 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Nuh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 33
2000s
33 births
- 2010s
2010s
140 births
- 2020s
2020s
162 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 162 births (48% of all-time use).
Nuh by state
Where Nuh concentrates geographically, total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11 | 3.3% |
| #2 | California | | 6 | 1.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 5 | 1.5% |
11 of 335 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Nuhs (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nuh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2004–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nuh draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.