Nidal — #8462 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Nidal

The Social Security Administration has registered 215 babies named Nidal between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nidal currently holds the #8462 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nidal performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nidal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nidal in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nidal 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 215 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.