Nosson

#4,013 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Naṯan

Nosson has been given to 849 babies in the U.S. since 1983. In 2025 it ranked #4,013 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2012, with 58 recorded.

Babies named Nosson, 2025

1 in 123,000

Nosson over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nosson: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Naṯan

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nosson means

Nosson is a form of Naṯan.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Naṯan.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 849 boys were recorded with the name Nosson between 1983 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 58 in 2012; its best national rank was #2,257 in 2012.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,012 in 2020 to #4,013 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,341 in 2015 to #4,013 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Nosson?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 123,000; 27 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 63,300; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #4,013; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 85,108 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Nosson sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 85,108 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nosson. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nossons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nosson was born before 2013 — so the typical Nosson is around 12 today.

Median birth year: 2013; About 12 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 44.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 82.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 849; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 44.6% of all recorded uses (379).

Is Nosson rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +279; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: −1,001; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −672; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.79×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 46.6%; Peak was 2012 (58)
Years since peak: 13; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 28.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,257; 2012

Spellings of Nosson

Nosson is not the most common spelling — Nelson is, with 70.3% against Nosson's 0.75%.

Nelson70.3%79,709
Boston9.6%10,901
Colson8.6%9,729
Wesson2.8%3,219
Orson2.4%2,714
Norton2.0%2,310
Kolson1.8%2,084
Jasson1.2%1,317

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Nosson is used

Across 1910–2025, Nosson was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in 14,286 boys, against 1 in 28,820 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 50,000).

27 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New Jersey1 in 14,286
2New York1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Nosson has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Nosson around the world

Where Nosson ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1999–2023
#4,108
in 2023

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nosson by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #4,013
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 1,001
Best rank ever: #2,257; 2012
Peak year: 2012; 58 that year
First recorded: 1983
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 849
Count in 2025: 27

Names similar to Nosson

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Jetson Jakson Dayson Hutson Maeson Khyson Caison Jeyson Yeison Maxson Adison Tayson Kaeson Jaeson Janson Aceson Alison Brison Jerson Chason Henson Jasson Kenson Herson

Sibling names for Nosson

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Kendyl Leigha Adelle Jaylen Cailyn Elin Hayleigh Jordynn

For a brother

Jerimiah Jorden Tobin Gavyn Jamarcus Tyshawn Brandt Konnor

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