Niam — #1438 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Niam

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,672 babies named Niam between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Niam currently holds the #1438 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 169 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Niam performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 895 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Niam shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 226 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Niam in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Niam 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 1,672 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.