Unisex name · since 1989
Nalin
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.
- #12,929 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 201
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nalin sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 201 recorded since 1989.
Nalin has 201 recorded births among boys since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2023.
- #12,929 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 201 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nalin ranks #12,929 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 201 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,929 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 201
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nalin's 201 recorded births place it above 71.55% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nalin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nalin's full recorded timeline at 2008, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nalin popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2023
- Peak year (2011)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Nalin popularity over time - girls
28 total births recorded since 1980 (Nalin as girls' name)
Nalin by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (94 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Nalin's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Nalin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
94 births
- 2010s
2010s
72 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 94 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Nalin's decade-level peak was the 2000s (94 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nalin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1989–2023 (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 Nalin 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.