How rare is the name Nash?

13,169 people in the United States have the first name Nash, about 1 in 22,935. It ranks #2,064 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

NASH

#2,064

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,169
About
1 in 22,935
This common or more
78.4%
Who bears it

Of the 13,169 people named Nash, 84.6% reported their origin as White, 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.5% as two or more races. 98.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Nash peaked in 2021, when 1,607 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19102025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
1,607
In 2025*
1,366 ▼15%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 22,583 babies have been given the name since 1910. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Nash by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #457. The largest share of babies named Nash, 73.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#4,56384
1920s#4,047158
1930s#4,366114
1940s#4,688115
1950s#5,506112
1960s#8,25962
1970s#6,565145
1980s#4,862298
1990s#2,5521,084
2000s#1,8242,376
2010s#7029,302
2020s#4578,733
Greatest Generation 1901–270.9%
Silent Generation 1928–451%
Baby boom 1946–640.9%
Generation X 1965–800.8%
Millennials 1981–963.3%
Generation Z 1997–1219.4%
2013 and later73.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Nash is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nash has been most common in Utah (5.5×), Idaho (2.8×), and South Dakota (2.5×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.33×).

20,019 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Nash

#2,062 Tamera · 13,181#2,063 Isabela · 13,178#2,065 Dara · 13,148#2,066 Kaelyn · 13,147

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nash, most common first.

#19,149 Nasha · 557#24,456 Nas · 394#51,177 Nasi · 115

Also a last name

As a last name, Nash ranks #579 of 156,621, with 57,028 people. See Nash as a last name

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