Boys' name · since 1999
Nihaal
227 babies named Nihaal in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,216 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,213 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 227
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Nihaal is the #4213 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 227 recorded since 1999.
Nihaal has 227 recorded births among boys since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4213 as of the latest data, more common than 70% of boys, 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 1999 to 2025.
- #12,216 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,213 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 227 born since 1999
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nihaal ranks #12,216 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,213 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 227 born since 1999, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,216 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,213 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 227
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nihaal's 227 recorded births place it above 73.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Nihaal compares
227 40th 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
Nihaal's all-time total is 38% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nihaal | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 227 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 34 | 22,252 |
Nihaal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nihaal splits its recorded history at 2017: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nihaal popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Nihaal popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2016 (Nihaal as girls' name)
Nihaal by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (111 births, 49% of the file).
2020s was Nihaal's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Nihaal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
94 births
- 2020s
2020s
111 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 111 births (49% of all-time use).
Nihaal by state
Where Nihaal concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 60 | 26.4% |
| #2 | Washington | | 5 | 2.2% |
60 of 227 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Nihaals (60 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Nihaal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Nihaal 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.