Nam
Nam is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 90.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 198458 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1975
- 1,396people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,396 boys have been named Nam in the United States since 1975, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1984, with 58 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1994, and the 1980s alone account for 33%.
By decade
In 1984, its biggest year
Nam was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1984 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and David. See all of 1984.
Names that rose and fell with Nam
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Minhpeak 1982
- Huypeak 1982
- Tramainepeak 1990
- Tampeak 1982
- Jamarpeak 1989
- Baopeak 1986
- Vinhpeak 1983
- Lamarcuspeak 1989
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.