# Nahum (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nahum/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “consolation” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈneɪəm/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,197 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,197 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 164, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 76 | 1,855 |
| 2012 | 74 | 1,934 |
| 2013 | 67 | 2,036 |
| 2014 | 67 | 2,091 |
| 2015 | 64 | 2,158 |
| 2016 | 58 | 2,296 |
| 2017 | 71 | 2,011 |
| 2018 | 66 | 2,132 |
| 2019 | 65 | 2,183 |
| 2020 | 44 | 2,789 |
| 2021 | 55 | 2,452 |
| 2022 | 48 | 2,743 |
| 2023 | 71 | 2,088 |
| 2024 | 63 | 2,279 |
| 2025 | 58 | 2,380 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 7 | 2,435 |
| 2008 | 7 | 2,507 |
| 2009 | 7 | 2,544 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2011 | 10 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,175 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Nahum

- Nahum Tate, Anglo-Irish poet and playwright (1652–1715)
- Nahum Goldmann, Founder and long-standing President of the World Jewish Congress
- Nahum Sonenberg, Canadian microbiologist
- Nahum Admoni, Director of Mossad
- Nahum Parker, American politician (1760-1839)
- J. Holiday, American singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.