Nahun
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- nah-OON
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Nahun is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “comfort”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Nahun mean?
Hebrew: Spanish form of Nahum
“comfort”
Spanish form of Nahum, the minor prophet whose short book foretells the fall of Nineveh.
Is Nahun a girl's or a boy's name?
Nahun is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nahun in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Nahun, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2009, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Nahun in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nahun in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
Names like Nahun
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Zamir, Nasir, Hamza, Nazir, Yahir, Zahir, Ibrahim, Salem, Zayan, Zayd, Rayyan
Names related to Nahun
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Nahun: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nahun, updated 20 October 2026.