Nuchem

Boy · NOO-khem · Hebrew

Nuchem is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “comfort, consolation”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).

What does Nuchem mean?

Hebrew: Yiddish form of Nahum

“comfort, consolation”

Say it: NOO-khem

Is Nuchem a girl's or a boy's name?

Nuchem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Nuchem in the US?

Rank in 2025: #4,856among boys
Babies in 2025: 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
Five-year trend: Rising fastup 132% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Nuchem, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. It first appears in the records in 1993.

2025 had the most boys named Nuchem of any year since it first appeared, in 1993.

Half of all the boys named Nuchem in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

1993Busiest: 20 in 20252025

Nuchem in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	20	#4,856
2024	16	#5,655
2023	15	#5,922
2022	18	#5,211
2021	19	#4,932
2020	5	#12,016
2019	9	#8,209
2018	8	#8,813
2017	18	#5,107
2016	13	#6,344
2015	12	#6,671
2014	7	#9,636
2013	10	#7,532
2012	7	#9,703
2011	12	#6,572
2010	13	#6,353
2009	5	#12,486
2008	7	#9,864
2007	6	#10,915
2006	10	#7,422
2005	0	–
2004	7	#8,921
2003	5	#10,886
2002	0	–
2001	6	#9,236
2000	5	#10,341
1999	11	#5,650
1998	0	–
1997	5	#9,259
1996	0	–
1995	0	–
1994	0	–
1993	5	#8,693

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