Nihaal — #4506 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Nihaal

The Social Security Administration has registered 202 babies named Nihaal between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nihaal currently holds the #4506 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nihaal performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nihaal shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 50 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Nihaal in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nihaal 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 202 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.