Boys' name · since 2020

Nidhaan

Since 2020, U.S. Social Security records show 24 babies named Nidhaan, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#27,602 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#10,543 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
24
born since 2020
2020s
peak decade

Yes -- Nidhaan is the #10543 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 24 recorded since 2020.

Social Security Administration records show Nidhaan recorded 24 times among boys since 2020, holding rank #10543 nationally today, ahead of 24% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2020 to 2025.

  • #27,602 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #10,543 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 24 born since 2020
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nidhaan ranks #27,602 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,543 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 24 born since 2020, peaking in the 2020s.

#27,602 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#10,543 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
24
born since 2020
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%24.3%
Nidhaan vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Nidhaan's 24 recorded births place it above 39.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Nidhaan compares

24 9th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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

Nidhaan's all-time total is 93% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Nidhaan Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 24 369 358,536
Peak-year births 12 34 22,252

Nidhaan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Nidhaan's full recorded timeline at 2024, 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 2020, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Nidhaan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
12
Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
468101214 202020242025 7

Nidhaan by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (24 births, 100% of the file).

2020s was Nidhaan's strongest decade.

24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Nidhaan births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 24 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nidhaan?
24 babies have been named Nidhaan since 2020. All-time, it sits at #27,602 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #10,543 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 2024 with 12 births.
Where does Nidhaan sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nidhaan ranks #27,602 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,543 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Nidhaan most popular?
Nidhaan was most popular in the 2020s decade with 24 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
How long has the name Nidhaan been used?
Nidhaan has been recorded in Social Security data since 2020, spanning 6 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Nidhaan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nidal, Nidhish, Nidish. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Nidhaan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2020–2025 (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 Nidhaan 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.