Recorded 2017–2022 Boys' name Peak 2021 17 births

Nahil — boys' name

17 babies named Nahil in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s52020s12
2020s
Peak decade

71% of everyone ever named Nahil was born in this single decade.

2021
Single peak year

6 babies were named Nahil in 2021 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nahil

The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Nahil between 2017 and 2022, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nahil currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nahil performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nahil shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nahil in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 17 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Nahil at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

17

Since 2017

6 years of records

Peak year

2021

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2020s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

2017

Recorded for 6 years

Last year on file: 2022

Nahil popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2017

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2021)
6
Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
4.555.566.5 202220212017 5

Nahil by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2020s
Peak decade
2020s
12 births that decade — 71% of Nahil's all-time total
2010s52020s12

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nahil?
17 babies have been named Nahil since 2017. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2021 with 6 births.
When was Nahil most popular?
Nahil was most popular in the 2020s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 2021.
How long has the name Nahil been used?
Nahil has been recorded in Social Security data since 2017, spanning 6 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Nahil?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nahum, Nahom, Nahshon, Naheem, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2017–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.