Boys' name · since 1994
Niem
14 babies named Niem in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,910 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 14
- born since 1994
- 2020s
- peak decade
Niem sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 14 recorded since 1994.
Niem has 14 recorded births among boys since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2021.
- #31,910 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 14 born since 1994
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Niem ranks #31,910 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 14 born since 1994, peaking in the 2020s.
- #31,910 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 14
- born since 1994
- 2020s
- peak decade
Niem's 14 recorded births place it above 29.67% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Niem's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Niem's full recorded timeline at 2021, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Niem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2021
- Peak year (2021)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Niem by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (8 births, 57% of the file).
2020s was Niem's strongest decade.
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Niem births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 8 births (57% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Niem: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1994–2021 (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 Niem 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.