Nahshon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NAH-shon
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Nahshon is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Nahshon mean?
Hebrew: biblical name
In Jewish tradition Nahshon, a prince of Judah, was the first to step into the Red Sea before it parted.
Is Nahshon a girl's or a boy's name?
Nahshon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nahshon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Nahshon, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1998, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Nahshon in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nahshon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,089 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,918 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
Names like Nahshon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yusuf Nasir Noah Musa Shimon Ibrahim Nathan Yitzchok Hassan Amir Keaton Dakota
Names related to Nahshon
More Hebrew names
Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo
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, “Nahshon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nahshon, updated 20 October 2026.