Nachmen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NAKH-mun
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Nachmen is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “comforter”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Nachmen mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Nachman
“comforter”
Borne by Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, the 18th-century founder of Breslov Hasidism.
Meaning borrowed from Nachman.
Is Nachmen a girl's or a boy's name?
Nachmen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nachmen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Nachmen, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Nachmen in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nachmen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
Names like Nachmen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaizen Chozen Raiden Kayden Cohen Eden Aiden Braylen Boden Rayden Zayden Brayden
Names related to Nachmen
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Nachmen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nachmen, updated 20 October 2026.