Nalin — boys' name
201 babies named Nalin in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Nalin was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Nalin in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nalin
The Social Security Administration has registered 201 babies named Nalin between 1989 and 2023, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nalin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Nalin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 28 additional births since 1980.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nalin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nalin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nalin 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 201 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.
Nalin at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
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Nalin popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1989
- Peak year (2011)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
201 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 15 births in a single year.
Nalin popularity over time — girls
28 total births recorded since 1980 (Nalin as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Nalin accounts for 12% of total recorded use across both genders.
Nalin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 94 births that decade — 47% of Nalin's all-time total
Nalin decade highlights
- Peak decade 94 births
- Runner-up 72 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nalin's strongest decade
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
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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, 1989–2023 (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.