Nghi — unisex name
22 babies named Nghi in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Nghi was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Nghi in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nghi
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Nghi between 1987 and 2014, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nghi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Nghi is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1980.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nghi performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nghi shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nghi 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 22 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.
Nghi at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nghi popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1987
- Peak year (1987)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
22 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 6 births in a single year.
Nghi popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1980 (Nghi as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Nghi accounts for 19% of total recorded use across both genders.
Nghi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 6 births that decade — 27% of Nghi's all-time total
Nghi decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Nghi's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
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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, 1987–2014 (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.