Nahum is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2007 and remains in steady use.
Nahum is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,380 for boy births in the United States (and #5,127 across all names), given to 58 babies. Nahum first appears in 1918 and peaked in 2007 (85 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | 58 | #2,380 |
| 2024 | 63 | 63 | #2,279 |
| 2023 | 71 | 71 | #2,088 |
| 2022 | 48 | 48 | #2,743 |
| 2021 | 55 | 55 | #2,452 |
| 2020 | 44 | 44 | #2,789 |
| 2019 | 65 | 65 | #2,183 |
| 2018 | 66 | 66 | #2,132 |
| 2017 | 71 | 71 | #2,011 |
| 2016 | 58 | 58 | #2,296 |
| 2015 | 64 | 64 | #2,158 |
| 2014 | 67 | 67 | #2,091 |
| 2013 | 67 | 67 | #2,036 |
| 2012 | 74 | 74 | #1,934 |
| 2011 | 76 | 76 | #1,855 |
| 2010 | 59 | 59 | #2,229 |
| 2009 | 73 | 73 | #1,954 |
| 2008 | 82 | 82 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 85 | 85 | #1,756 |
| 2006 | 79 | 79 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 77 | 77 | #1,734 |
| 2004 | 59 | 59 | #2,044 |
| 2003 | 61 | 61 | #1,925 |
| 2002 | 50 | 50 | #2,143 |
| 2001 | 38 | 38 | #2,551 |
| 2000 | 44 | 44 | #2,242 |
| 1999 | 45 | 45 | #2,129 |
| 1998 | 38 | 38 | #2,339 |
| 1997 | 25 | — | #3,037 |
| 1996 | 48 | — | #1,893 |
| 1995 | 31 | — | #2,480 |
| 1994 | 39 | — | #2,108 |
| 1993 | 17 | — | #3,768 |
| 1992 | 18 | — | #3,560 |
| 1991 | 20 | — | #3,191 |
| 1990 | 24 | — | #2,753 |
| 1989 | 21 | — | #2,966 |
| 1988 | 11 | — | #4,366 |
| 1987 | 16 | — | #3,161 |
| 1986 | 13 | — | #3,590 |
| 1985 | 12 | — | #3,731 |
| 1984 | 13 | — | #3,395 |
| 1983 | 14 | — | #3,180 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | #4,473 |
| 1981 | 13 | — | #3,353 |
| 1980 | 8 | — | #4,809 |
| 1979 | 11 | — | #3,737 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | #4,432 |
| 1977 | 13 | — | #3,145 |
| 1976 | 13 | — | #3,040 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | #6,028 |
| 1974 | 10 | — | #3,498 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | #4,362 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | #3,853 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | #4,243 |
| 1959 | 7 | — | #3,495 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | #3,676 |
| 1923 | 6 | — | #4,107 |
| 1918 | 7 | — | #3,602 |