Boy name#745 of boy names
Nash
Pronounced N AE1 SH (ARPABET)
- 1 syllable
- Peaked 2021
- 115 years in use
How popular is Nash?
Nash is a boys' name, and first appears in 1910. It has been given to 21,211 children — the 745th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about three times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2021, when 1,588 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- N AE1 SH
- Stress pattern:
- 1
- Syllables:
- 1
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Nash
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Nash
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Nash?
- Nash ranks 745th among boys' names in US records, with 21,211 births since 1910. Over the past decade it accounts for 13,679.
- Is Nash a unisex name?
- No. Nash is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Nash most popular?
- 2021, when 1,588 children were given the name. It has been in use for 115 years and is still recorded as of 2024.