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Nash

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Nash is ranked 240th among boys in 2024 (1,464 births). Its best rank was 233rd, in 2021.

Rank in 2024
#240up 19 from 2023
Births in 2024
1,4640.09% of boys
Peak year
20211,588 births
Best rank
#233in 2021
Since 1910
21,076people given the name
Babies named Nash, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

21,076 boys have been named Nash in the United States since 1910, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 1,588 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2010s alone account for 44%. It has spent 28 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Nash
1910s84
1920s158
1930s114
1940s115
1950s112
1960s62
1970s145
1980s292
1990s1,072
2000s2,376
2010s9,255
2020s7,291

In 2021, its biggest year

Nash was the 233rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.

Names that rose and fell with Nash

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.