Nahom

Nahom was the #3,450 boys' name in the US in 2025 (33 babies), and #2,664 in England & Wales and #2,269 in Canada.

Nahom as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Nahom as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Nahom as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#3,450 (33)#2,664 (8)#2,269 (8)
2024#4,571 (22)#2,444 (9)#2,238 (8)
2023#3,474 (33)#3,113 (6)#1,496 (13)
2022#4,184 (25)#2,530 (8)#1,557 (12)
2021#4,118 (25)#4,789 (3)#1,653 (11)
2020#3,274 (34)#3,848 (4)#1,708 (10)
2019#3,716 (29)#2,488 (8)#1,835 (9)
2018#2,748 (44)#2,112 (10)—
2017#2,755 (44)#1,812 (13)#2,762 (5)
2016#2,726 (44)#1,804 (13)#1,578 (11)
2015#2,766 (43)#2,020 (11)#1,458 (12)
2014#3,891 (26)#2,690 (7)#2,667 (5)
2013#3,122 (35)#2,055 (10)#2,086 (7)
2012#2,415 (52)#2,117 (10)#1,971 (8)
2011#2,403 (52)#2,390 (8)#1,399 (13)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2009 at #2,401.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1993.

How common is it?

about 1 in 53,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 53,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Nahom is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 55,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 38,000 to 1 in 79,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NahomCanadaBoys#2,2698
NahomEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
NahomUSBoys#3,45033