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How popular is the name Nahum?
Births per year, rank history and how many Nahums are alive today.
Nahum (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Nahom in England and Wales, ranked 5120th in 2024 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2006, when 10 babies were given the name, the 1744th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2016, with 10 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2006; the 2024 figure is roughly 30% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Nahom you are most likely to meet is around 9 years old. Half of all Nahoms born in England and Wales are between 9 and 22, and there are at least 380 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Nahom - on average, only one in every 798 such rooms contains a Nahom.
How many babies are named Nahum each year?
Includes all spellings: Nahum, Nahom. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Nahum spelling rank?
Where does the Nahom spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Nahum most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Nahom, peaked in 2016, when 23 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Nahum spelling itself peaked in 2006, with 10 babies.
How many people are called Nahum?
At least 380 people named Nahum in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Nahum?
Most living Nahums are between 9 and 22; the most common age is about 9.
Is Nahum becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2016 peak.