How Many People Are Named Nimrod?
An estimated 194 people in the United States have the first name Nimrod. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 45 years old, and Nimrod peaked in popularity in 1929 with 14 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Nimrod as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Nimrod paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
194
About 1 in 1,766,775 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
45
years old
Peak Year
1929
14 births
Total Registered
333
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Nimrod
Nimrod is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 333 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Nimrod as a male name
Ranked #11,835 in 2012
6 male births in 2012
Peak: 1929 (14 births)
Nimrod: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Nimrod span from the 1880s to the 2010s, covering 13 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1920s, when 61 babies were registered. Nimrod has declined significantly from its peak in the 1920s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Nimrod by Decade
How has Nimrod tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Nimrod + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Nimrod as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Nimrod
Other first names starting with N with a similar number of bearers.
Nimrod: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Nimrod?
We estimate approximately 194 people named Nimrod are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,766,775 Americans share this first name.
Is Nimrod a common name?
Nimrod is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 73.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 333 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Nimrod most popular?
Nimrod reached peak popularity in 1929, when 14 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Nimrod is approximately 45 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Nimrod a male name?
Nimrod is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Nimrod Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Nimrod Smith, Nimrod Johnson, Nimrod Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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