Girls' name · since 1979

Nausheen

17 babies named Nausheen in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#48,021 of 72,339
all-time among girls
17
born since 1979
1980s
peak decade

Nausheen is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 17 have been recorded since 1979.

Nausheen has 17 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1987.

  • #48,021 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 17 born since 1979
  • 1980s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nausheen ranks #48,021 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.

#48,021 of 72,339
all-time among girls
17
born since 1979
1980s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Nausheen's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Nausheen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Nausheen's full recorded timeline at 1985, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Nausheen popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1987

Last recorded 1987
Peak year (1979)
7
Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 197919851987 5

Nausheen by decade

1980s is the heaviest window (10 births, 59% of the file).

1980s was Nausheen's strongest decade.

10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.

Nausheen births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1980s at 10 births (59% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nausheen?
Nausheen has been given to 17 babies in the U.S. since 1979, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #48,021 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 1987. 7 babies were born in 1979, its single highest year.
Where does Nausheen sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nausheen ranks #48,021 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Nausheen most popular?
Nausheen was most popular in the 1980s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 1979.
How long has the name Nausheen been used?
Records for Nausheen go back to 1979, giving 9 years of history through 1987.
What names are similar to Nausheen?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nautica, Naudia, Nautika, Naureen, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Nausheen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1979–1987 (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 Nausheen 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.