Nash
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
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
By decade
| Decade | boys named Nash | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 84 | |
| 1920s | 158 | |
| 1930s | 114 | |
| 1940s | 115 | |
| 1950s | 112 | |
| 1960s | 62 | |
| 1970s | 145 | |
| 1980s | 292 | |
| 1990s | 1,072 | |
| 2000s | 2,376 | |
| 2010s | 9,255 | |
| 2020s | 7,291 |
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.
- Levpeak 2022
- Bastianpeak 2024
- Riyanpeak 2022
- Alisterpeak 2022
- Remypeak 2022
- Bravenpeak 2018
- Jensenpeak 2018
- Matteopeak 2024
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.