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Nahum

Pronounced /ˈneɪəm/

Rank in 2024
#2,264
Born in 2024
63
Peak year
2007 · #1744
Origin
Hebrew

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 63 boys were named Nahum, about 1 in every 27,227.
  • It peaked in 2007 with 85 babies, ranked #1744.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1918.
  • 2,139 boys have been named Nahum since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Nahum per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 13 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 13 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 90 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 319 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 965 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 739 babies, 0.03 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Derived from Hebrew נַחוּם (nakhúm, “consolation”).

  • (rare) A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
/ˈneɪəm/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Nahum, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Naim

    Rank
    #1,579
    Born '24
    109
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20232024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Naeem

    Rank
    #2,120
    Born '24
    70
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20062024