Girls' name · since 2004
Niari
Since 2004, U.S. Social Security records show 118 babies named Niari, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,336 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,064 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 118
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Niari is the #6064 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 118 recorded since 2004.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Niari has been recorded 118 times among girls since 2004, currently ranked #6064 nationally and more common than 65% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #25,336 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,064 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 118 born since 2004
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Niari ranks #25,336 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,064 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 118 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,336 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,064 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 118
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Niari's 118 recorded births place it above 64.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Niari compares
118 28th percentile among 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
Niari's all-time total is 69% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Niari | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 118 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Niari's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Niari's full recorded timeline at 2020, 79% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 21% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Niari popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Niari by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (93 births, 79% of the file).
2020s was Niari's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Niari births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 20
2010s
20 births
- 2020s
2020s
93 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 93 births (79% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Niari: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~21 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, 2004–2025 (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 Niari 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.