Recorded 1998–2023 Boys' name Peak 2009 166 births

Nakhi — boys' name

166 babies named Nakhi in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s52000s672010s662020s28
2000s
Peak decade

40% of everyone ever named Nakhi was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

13 babies were named Nakhi in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nakhi

The Social Security Administration has registered 166 babies named Nakhi between 1998 and 2023, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nakhi currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nakhi performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nakhi shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nakhi in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nakhi 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 166 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.

Nakhi at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

166

Since 1998

26 years of records

Peak year

2009

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1998

Recorded for 26 years

Last year on file: 2023

Nakhi popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1998

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2009)
13
Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
468101214 20232020201620132010200720041998 5

Nakhi by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
67 births that decade — 40% of Nakhi's all-time total
1990s52000s672010s662020s28

Nakhi by state

Where Nakhi concentrates geographically — total births since 1998

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Nakhi
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
5 3.0%
New York share of Nakhi's total US births 3.0%

5 of 166 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nakhi?
166 babies have been named Nakhi since 1998. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2009 with 13 births.
When was Nakhi most popular?
Nakhi was most popular in the 2000s decade with 67 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
Where is Nakhi most popular?
The top states for the name Nakhi are New York (5 births).
How long has the name Nakhi been used?
Nakhi has been recorded in Social Security data since 1998, spanning 26 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Nakhi?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nakia, Nakoa, Nakai, Naksh, 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, 1998–2023 (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.