Nimrod
- Last seen for boys in 2012 at #10,770
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 333since 1880
Nimrod over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Nimrod has never cracked the top 900 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 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #2,096 | 14 |
| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #2,502 | 12 |
| 1920 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,260 | 13 |
| 1917 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #909 | 5 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Nimrod was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Nimrod is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Nimrod in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Nimrod
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #909 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1880
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,098
- Highest: 1 in 22,098 boys born in 1880 were named Nimrod (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 316,158 boys born in 2012 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 18.3% of all boys named Nimrod (61) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #909 (1880) | #970 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,345 (1907) | #1,345 |
| 1910s | 26 | #2,260 (1918) | #2,962 |
| 1920s | 61 | #2,096 (1929) | #3,517 |
| 1930s | 25 | #2,651 (1931) | #3,401 |
| 1940s | 10 | #3,459 (1940) | #3,596 |
| 1950s | 16 | #3,505 (1955) | #3,749 |
| 1960s | 23 | #3,282 (1964) | #3,727 |
| 1970s | 50 | #3,622 (1972) | #4,708 |
| 1980s | 38 | #4,495 (1980) | #5,737 |
| 1990s | 32 | #5,928 (1995) | #7,716 |
| 2000s | 31 | #8,339 (2001) | #9,839 |
| 2010s | 6 | #10,770 (2012) | #10,770 |
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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