Boys' name · since 2003
Namish
Namish has 111 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,755 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,894 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 111
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Namish currently ranks #12894 among boys' names in America, with 111 babies recorded since 2003.
Namish has 111 recorded births among boys since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12894 as of the latest data, more common than 7% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #16,755 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,894 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 111 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Namish ranks #16,755 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,894 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 111 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,755 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,894 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 111
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Namish's 111 recorded births place it above 63.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Namish compares
111 28th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Namish's all-time total is 70% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Namish | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 111 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Namish's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Namish's full recorded timeline at 2015, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Namish popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Namish by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (64 births, 58% of the file).
2010s was Namish's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Namish births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
64 births
- 2020s
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 64 births (58% of all-time use).
Namish by state
Where Namish concentrates geographically, total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 4.5% |
5 of 111 births nationwide.
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- Namish's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (64 total births) through the 2020s (29) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Namishs (5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Namish: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2003–2025 (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 Namish 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.