Unisex name · since 1980
Nai
307 babies named Nai in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,710 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,510 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 307
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Nai is the #8510 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 307 recorded since 1980.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nai has been recorded 307 times among girls since 1980, currently ranked #8510 nationally and more common than 51% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #15,710 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,510 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 307 born since 1980
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nai ranks #15,710 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,510 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 307 born since 1980, peaking in the 1980s.
- #15,710 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,510 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 307
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Nai's 307 recorded births place it above 78.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Nai compares
307 46th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nai's all-time total is 18% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nai | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 307 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nai splits its recorded history at 2001: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1984 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nai popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (1984)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Nai popularity over time - boys
82 total births recorded since 1980 (Nai as boys' name)
Nai by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (94 births, 31% of the file).
1980s was Nai's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Nai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
94 births
- 1990s
1990s
57 births
- 2000s 28
2000s
28 births
- 2010s
2010s
68 births
- 2020s
2020s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 94 births (31% of all-time use).
Nai by state
Where Nai concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 92 | 30.0% |
| #2 | Oregon | | 5 | 1.6% |
92 of 307 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Nai's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (94 total births) through the 2020s (60) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Nais (92 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Nai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~45 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1980–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nai draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.