Nachman
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NAKH-mun
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,512 for boys
Nachman is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “comforter”. In 2025 it ranked 3,512th for boys in the US (32 babies).
What does Nachman mean?
Hebrew
“comforter”
Borne by Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, the 18th-century founder of Breslov Hasidism.
Is Nachman a girl's or a boy's name?
Nachman is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nachman in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 6 boys.
Nachman in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
How popular is Nachman in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,512th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32 about 1 in 53,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the US were named Nachman, making it the 3,512th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1958.
2025 had more boys named Nachman than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Nachman in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nachman in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #3,512 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 32 | #3,368 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 29 | #3,589 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
Names like Nachman
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Rowan, Yusuf, Ayaan, Noah, Ronan, Zion, Bodhi, Rayan, Imran, Yahya, Arjan
Names related to Nachman
More Hebrew names
Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nachman: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nachman, updated 20 October 2026.