Girls' name · since 1997
Niha
43 babies named Niha in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #36,761 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 43
- born since 1997
- 1990s
- peak decade
Niha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 43 recorded since 1997.
Social Security Administration records show Niha recorded 43 times among girls since 1997, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2024.
- #36,761 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 43 born since 1997
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Niha ranks #36,761 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 43 born since 1997, peaking in the 1990s.
- #36,761 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 43
- born since 1997
- 1990s
- peak decade
Niha's 43 recorded births place it above 49.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Niha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Niha splits its recorded history at 2002: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Niha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2024
- Peak year (1997)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Niha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (20 births, 47% of the file).
1990s was Niha's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Niha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
20 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 20 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Niha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (20 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Niha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1997–2024 (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 Niha 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.