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Nashua
OriginPlace name from Penacook
Meaning"beautiful stream with a pebbly bottom"
US Rank#13313
2025 SSA
About Nashua
The name of a city in New Hampshire which takes its name from the Nashua River, named by the Indigenous Algonquian tribe the Nashuway or Nashua. A striking alternative to Joshua.
Pronounced NASH-oo-uh.
As of October 2026, Nashua ranked #13313 for boys in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #6961 for boys in 1981.
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