Recorded 1980–2000 Girls' name Peak 1993 87 births

Negin — girls' name

87 babies named Negin in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s331990s492000s5
1990s
Peak decade

56% of everyone ever named Negin was born in this single decade.

1993
Single peak year

8 babies were named Negin in 1993 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Negin

The Social Security Administration has registered 87 babies named Negin between 1980 and 2000, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Negin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Negin performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Negin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Negin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Negin 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 87 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.

Negin at a glance

Last recorded 2000

Total births

87

Since 1980

21 years of records

Peak year

1993

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2000

Active since

1980

Recorded for 21 years

Last year on file: 2000

Negin popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1980

Last recorded 2000
Peak year (1993)
8
Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
456789 20001997199419921990198819861980 5

Negin by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
49 births that decade — 56% of Negin's all-time total
1980s331990s492000s5

Negin by state

Where Negin concentrates geographically — total births since 1980

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Negin
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
16 18.4%
California share of Negin's total US births 18.4%

16 of 87 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Negin?
87 babies have been named Negin since 1980. It was last recorded in 2000. The peak year was 1993 with 8 births.
When was Negin most popular?
Negin was most popular in the 1990s decade with 49 total births. The single peak year was 1993.
Where is Negin most popular?
The top states for the name Negin are California (16 births).
How long has the name Negin been used?
Negin has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 21 years of data through 2000.
What names are similar to Negin?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Negar, Negeen, Negan, Neghan. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1980–2000 (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.