Girls' name · since 1979
Nhi
1,071 babies named Nhi in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,157 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,621 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,071
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nhi currently ranks #7621 among girls' names in America, with 1,071 babies recorded since 1979.
Nhi has 1,071 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7621 as of the latest data, more common than 56% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #7,157 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,621 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,071 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nhi ranks #7,157 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,621 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,071 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #7,157 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,621 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,071
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nhi's 1,071 recorded births place it above 90.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Nhi compares
1,071 Top 31% higher than 69% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Nhi's all-time total is 185% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nhi | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,071 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 43 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nhi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nhi's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1999 peak of 43, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nhi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Nhi by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (360 births, 34% of the file).
1990s was Nhi's strongest decade.
360 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Nhi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
159 births
- 1990s
1990s
360 births
- 2000s
2000s
299 births
- 2010s
2010s
188 births
- 2020s 58
2020s
58 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 360 births (34% of all-time use).
How Nhi compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Nhi's total volume
Nhi by state
Where Nhi concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 229 | 21.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 102 | 9.5% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #5 | Washington | | 5 | 0.5% |
229 of 1,071 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Nhi's data
- Nhi's decade-level peak was the 1990s (360 total births); usage has since declined to 58 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Nhis (229 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 Nhi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Nhi 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.