Nihaan — #8194 US boys' name
94 babies named Nihaan in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 42% of names given to boys today.
59% of everyone ever named Nihaan was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Nihaan in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nihaan
The Social Security Administration has registered 94 babies named Nihaan between 2015 and 2024, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nihaan currently holds the #8194 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nihaan performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nihaan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nihaan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nihaan 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 94 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.
Nihaan at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Nihaan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2015
- Peak year (2022)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
Currently ranks #8194 among boys.
94 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 15 births in a single year.
Nihaan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 55 births that decade — 59% of Nihaan's all-time total
Nihaan decade highlights
- Peak decade 55 births
- Runner-up 39 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Nihaan's strongest decade
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% 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 | 5.3% |
5 of 94 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2015–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.