Nahum
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #2,363 for boys
Nahum is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “consolation”. In 2025 it ranked 2,363rd for boys in the US (58 babies).
What does Nahum mean?
Hebrew
“consolation”
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Nahum a girl's or a boy's name?
Nahum is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 58 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nahum in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Nahum in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Nahum in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Nahum in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,363among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 58about 1 in 29,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 58 boys in the US were named Nahum, making it the 2,363rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,758th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 85 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the boys named Nahum in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nahum in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #2,363 |
| 2024 | 63 | #2,261 |
| 2023 | 71 | #2,077 |
| 2022 | 48 | #2,715 |
| 2021 | 55 | #2,438 |
| 2020 | 44 | #2,758 |
| 2019 | 65 | #2,169 |
| 2018 | 66 | #2,121 |
| 2017 | 71 | #2,003 |
| 2016 | 58 | #2,278 |
| 2015 | 64 | #2,145 |
| 2014 | 67 | #2,081 |
| 2013 | 67 | #2,020 |
| 2012 | 74 | #1,922 |
| 2011 | 76 | #1,848 |
| 2010 | 59 | #2,211 |
| 2009 | 73 | #1,941 |
| 2008 | 82 | #1,802 |
| 2007 | 85 | #1,741 |
| 2006 | 79 | #1,758 |
| 2005 | 77 | #1,722 |
| 2004 | 59 | #2,020 |
| 2003 | 61 | #1,903 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,121 |
| 2001 | 38 | #2,515 |
| 2000 | 44 | #2,218 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,095 |
| 1998 | 38 | #2,309 |
| 1997 | 25 | #2,976 |
| 1996 | 48 | #1,868 |
| 1995 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1994 | 39 | #2,077 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 24 | #2,689 |
| 1989 | 21 | #2,896 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,068 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
Names like Nahum
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Ibrahim Muhammad Hamza Ahmed Abdullah Umar Mustafa Raheem Zayd Uzair Fahad
Names related to Nahum
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Nahum: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nahum, updated 20 October 2026.