Boys' name · since 1996
Nayeem
Since 1996, U.S. Social Security records show 36 babies named Nayeem, peaking in 1996. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,552 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,195 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 36
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Nayeem is the #11195 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 36 recorded since 1996.
Nayeem has 36 recorded births among boys since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11195 as of the latest data, more common than 20% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #24,552 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,195 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 36 born since 1996
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nayeem ranks #24,552 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,195 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 36 born since 1996, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,552 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,195 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 36
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nayeem's 36 recorded births place it above 45.88% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nayeem compares
36 13th 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
Nayeem's all-time total is 90% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nayeem | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 36 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Nayeem's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nayeem's SSA record in two at 2023 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2020, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1996 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nayeem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Nayeem by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (23 births, 64% of the file).
2020s was Nayeem's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Nayeem births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 23 births (64% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nayeem: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Nayeem 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.