Nam

Meaning

water

Popularity, 1890–2024

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Nam has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

When you meet Nam

Most people given the name Nam in the United States were born between 1980 and 2009. The Nam you meet today is most often in her 20s or 30s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

Names that fit alongside Nam

Beam Nok Noon Mook Kaew Fon

The Nam deep dive

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Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Nam truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Nam fits with your family’s names and surname.

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Where Nam travels

Vietnamese · south, manly

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