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Nash

Boy's name · #255 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Nash is near its high-water mark: it reached #233 in 2021 and still ranked #255 in 2025. About 22,000 boys have carried it since 1910.

Across the states

In recent years, Nash ran about 3× its national rate in North Dakota and South Dakota—ranked #74 in South Dakota in 2025.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 47 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Nash ranks in other countries and regions.

#134 in Canada (2024).

Famous Nashes

• Nash Edgerton — Australian film director
• Nash the Slash — Canadian musician (1948–2014)
• Nash Grier — American Internet personality
• Nash Aguas — Filipino actor and Politician
• Nash Lowis — Australian javelin thrower

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 59,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

• John Forbes Nash — American mathematician and economist (1928–2015)
• Steve Nash — Canadian basketball player and coach
• Kevin Nash — American professional wrestler (born 1959)

In stories & tradition

• Nash Brennan — One Life to Live (TV series)
• Nash Wells — The Flash (TV series)

What Nashes become

Among 37 notable people named Nash:

Entertainers appear 2.96× more often than among typical names — e.g. Nash Edgerton, Australian film director.

Similar names: Cash · Nazir · Armani · Jax · Karter · Zayne

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