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Nash

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note Up from #345 in 2015 to #255 in 2025 in the US

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #345, 2016: #286, 2017: #281, 2018: #257, 2019: #254, 2020: #240, 2021: #233, 2022: #251, 2023: #259, 2024: #240, 2025: #2551 in 1,259 boys in the US, 2025#255 · rising · was #345 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #3,373, 2016: #4,810, 2017: #3,449, 2018: #3,959, 2019: #4,702, 2020: #4,608, 2021: #3,017, 2022: #4,790, 2023: #4,992, 2024: #3,255, 2025: #3,6841 in 54,387 boys in E&W, 2025#3,684 · steady · was #3,373 in 2015

Boy’s name · from a surname · /næʃ/

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What Nash means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Nash yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #345 in 2015 to #255 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Nash?

US 2025
#255
1,357 babies
▼ 15 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#3684
5 babies
▼ 429 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Rising: up from #345 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #3373 in 2015, #3684 now.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (2021)

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 1,588 boys got the name (#233 that year). First in the US records in 1910.

How common

  • About 1 in 1,259 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 54,387 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in SD (4.16 per 1,000 boys), ND (3.28 per 1,000 boys), MT (2.92 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Nash is #255 in the US and #3684 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#2551,3571 in 1,259#345
England & Wales#368451 in 54,387#3373
Scotland––––

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.3% of US babies named Nash were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 202591,357
England & Wales 202505
US all years since 188014422,439
England & Wales since 19960127

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

/næʃ/

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

  • Noach11 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Nash

Boys

  • Bowen#266“son of Owen”
  • Jensen#282Editor’s note Up from #395 in 2015 to #282 in 2025 in the US
  • Oakley#454“oak + woodland clearing, glade”
  • Grayson#51“steward”
  • Remington#307“settlement by the boundary stream”
  • Greyson#149Variant of Grayson, meaning “steward”

For a sister

  • Carter#454“son of Arthur”
  • Quinn#97“descendant of Chief”
  • Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025
  • Kinsley#93“Royal (a man's name) + s + woodland clearing”
  • Sawyer#290“one who saws”
  • Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Nash’s. Rank is US 2025.

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