Boys' name · since 2015
Nihaan
Nihaan has 103 recorded births since 2015 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,227 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,797 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 103
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
103 babies have been named Nihaan since 2015, making it today's #8797 boys' name.
Nihaan has 103 recorded births among boys since 2015, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8797 as of the latest data, more common than 37% 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 2015 to 2025.
- #17,227 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,797 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 103 born since 2015
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nihaan ranks #17,227 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,797 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 103 born since 2015, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,227 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,797 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 103
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nihaan's 103 recorded births place it above 62.06% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Nihaan compares
103 26th 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
Nihaan's all-time total is 72% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nihaan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 103 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Nihaan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nihaan's full recorded timeline at 2020, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2015, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nihaan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Nihaan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (64 births, 62% of the file).
2020s was Nihaan's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Nihaan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
39 births
- 2020s
2020s
64 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 64 births (62% of all-time use).
Nihaan by state
Where Nihaan concentrates geographically, total births since 2015
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 4.9% |
5 of 103 births nationwide.
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- Texas records the most Nihaans (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nihaan: 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, 2015–2025 (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 Nihaan 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.