boys:
683 births since 1958
#3904 (15th percentile)
overall:
683 births since 1958
#7056 (9th percentile)
The name Nachman is the #7,056 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 683 recorded births since 1958. This represents the 8.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,904 (14.8% percentile) for all time with 683 births since 1958.
Nachman first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1958 (first recorded for boys in 1958). Birth data for Nachman is available in 49 out of the 66 years between 1958 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Nachman reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 3.0% percentile (ranked #873) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 16 births per million (ranked 3.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Nachman ranks #891 for boys (2.2% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 86.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nachman".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Nachman. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.8% confident that Nachman is pronounced as NAHK-muhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NAK-muhn, at 15.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like N AA1 K M AH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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