Nam
- #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · boys
- 1984 · 58 births
- Debut · boys
- 14 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,404since 1975
Nam over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Nam has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2020 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #5,153 | 18 |
| 2018 | #5,106 | 18 |
| 2017 | #3,993 | 26 |
| 2016 | #3,990 | 26 |
| 2015 | #3,684 | 29 |
| 2014 | #5,252 | 17 |
| 2013 | #4,313 | 22 |
| 2012 | #3,714 | 28 |
| 2011 | #3,792 | 27 |
| 2010 | #4,241 | 23 |
| 2009 | #3,721 | 28 |
| 2008 | #5,487 | 16 |
| 2007 | #3,090 | 37 |
| 2006 | #4,675 | 19 |
| 2005 | #3,615 | 26 |
| 2004 | #3,074 | 32 |
| 2003 | #3,976 | 21 |
| 2002 | #3,450 | 25 |
| 2001 | #3,721 | 22 |
| 2000 | #3,423 | 24 |
| 1999 | #3,376 | 23 |
| 1998 | #2,782 | 29 |
| 1997 | #3,261 | 22 |
| 1996 | #2,483 | 31 |
| 1995 | #2,253 | 35 |
| 1994 | #2,307 | 34 |
| 1993 | #1,850 | 45 |
| 1992 | #2,467 | 29 |
| 1991 | #1,895 | 41 |
| 1990 | #2,049 | 36 |
| 1989 | #1,766 | 43 |
| 1988 | #1,731 | 40 |
| 1987 | #1,734 | 38 |
| 1986 | #1,760 | 35 |
| 1985 | #1,452 | 46 |
| 1984 | #1,198 | 58 |
| 1983 | #1,222 | 56 |
| 1982 | #1,342 | 49 |
| 1981 | #1,259 | 53 |
| 1980 | #1,524 | 40 |
| 1979 | #2,379 | 20 |
| 1978 | #2,568 | 17 |
| 1977 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #2,508 | 17 |
| 1975 | #2,751 | 14 |
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First appearance
1975
The first year at least five boys were named Nam! It came in at #2,751, and was given to 14 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2022, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Nam is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Nam in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Nam
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 598 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #8,910)
- 2,930 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #8,910)
- 5,226 spots since 2015 (#3,684 → #8,910)
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 1984 at #1,198 (58 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 31,118
- Highest: 1 in 31,118 boys born in 1984 were named Nam (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 32.6% of all boys named Nam (458) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 81 | #2,379 (1979) | #2,649 |
| 1980s | 458 | #1,198 (1984) | #1,499 |
| 1990s | 325 | #1,850 (1993) | #2,472 |
| 2000s | 250 | #3,074 (2004) | #3,823 |
| 2010s | 234 | #3,684 (2015) | #4,324 |
| 2020s | 56 | #5,980 (2020) | #8,525 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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