Nachum
Boy · NAH-khoom · Hebrew
Nachum is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “comfort”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Nachum mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Nahum
“comfort”
Nahum is the biblical prophet whose book foretells the fall of Nineveh.
- Say it
- NAH-khoom
Is Nachum a girl's or a boy's name?
Nachum is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nachum in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 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, 9 boys in the US were named Nachum, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1989, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1967.
2025 had fewer boys named Nachum than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Nachum in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nachum in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,199 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
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