Boys' name · peaked in 2021
Nash name popularity since 1925
22,421 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Nash (0.6% girls, 99.4% boys). Half of them were born in 2018 or earlier, so the typical Nash is about 8 years old in 2026. Nash peaked in 2021 as the #233 name for boys, and it ranked #255 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 22,421
- Named Nash, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #255
- for boys in 2025 (1,357 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.4% boys
- 144 girls · 22,277 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 5.32× its national share
Peak year is the year Nash made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Nash births per year, 1925–2025
2021 was the biggest year for Nash both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2012 and 2017, Nash became 2.6× more common, from 1 in 3,790 baby boys to 1 in 1,440.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Nash's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Nash.
Decade by decade
Babies named Nash in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 80 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 114 | #2,873 |
| 1940s | 0 | 115 | #2,096 |
| 1950s | 0 | 112 | #2,197 |
| 1960s | 0 | 62 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 0 | 145 | #3,183 |
| 1980s | 6 | 292 | #2,271 |
| 1990s | 12 | 1,072 | #1,662 |
| 2000s | 0 | 2,376 | #933 |
| 2010s | 46 | 9,256 | #345 |
| 2020–25 | 80 | 8,653 | #255 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
74.2% of babies named Nash from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Nash is most popular
The index compares Nash's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Nash.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 5.32× | 916 |
| Iowa | 2.03× | 522 |
| Kansas | 1.92× | 397 |
| Minnesota | 1.91× | 704 |
| Arizona | 1.77× | 464 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Nash's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Nash.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Nash (2021).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data