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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Nahom

Nahom was the 3486th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 33 babies. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked 2429th; the most babies were born in 2009 (53). Over the last ten years it has moved down 689 places. More babies were named Nahom in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#3,486 boys, down 166 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
33boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
200953 babies
Total since 1880
981babies recorded

Nahom popularity since 1880

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Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#3,48633
2020#3,32034
2010#2,45751
2000#5,23714
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How popular is Nahom, counting every spelling?

Nahom has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Nahom?

33 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Nahom (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Nahom born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 253 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Nahom.

Chance of another Nahom in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Nahom?

About 1,000 people born in the US named Nahom are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 8 and 20. That makes Nahom mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Nahom by state

How common Nahom was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesMD0.06Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Nahom, boys, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Nahom: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Nahom, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Nahom

How popular is the name Nahom?

Nahom was the 3486th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 33 babies. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked 2429th; the most babies were born in 2009 (53). Over the last ten years it has moved down 689 places. More babies were named Nahom in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Nahom a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Nahom in the US.

Where is Nahom most popular?

In 2021–2025, Nahom was most common in Maryland (0.06 per 1,000 boys), followed by Texas and Texas.