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Nosson

Recorded 1983–2025 · United States

Nosson was most popular in 2012, when 58 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,083 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,448, with 27 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 849 people named Nosson.

Most popular in2012
Rank that year#5,083
Births that year58
Total since 1880849
Given to100% boys
Alive today~837
Median age13

Nosson over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Nosson’s peak in 2012. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

How old is the name Nosson?

Nosson first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1983, which makes it about 42 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 37 of the 43 years since.

How many people are named Nosson?

The Social Security Administration has recorded 849 American births named Nosson between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 837 are estimated to be alive today.

How many babies were named Nosson in 2025?

27 American babies were named Nosson in 2025, ranking #8,448 that year.

Is Nosson getting more or less popular?

Nosson is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 27 births a year, against 43 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -36% over the decade.

Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.

Is Nosson a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Nosson is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 849 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

How old is someone named Nosson?

Roughly 837 Americans named Nosson are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 13 years old, and half are between 7 and 21.

An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.

Where Nosson is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org