Nochum
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Nochum is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “comfort, consolation”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Nochum mean?
Hebrew: Ashkenazi form of Nahum
“comfort, consolation”
Nahum is the Old Testament prophet who foretold the fall of Nineveh.
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Is Nochum a girl's or a boy's name?
Nochum is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nochum in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Nochum, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1985.
2025 had fewer boys named Nochum than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Nochum in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nochum in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
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