Unisex name · since 2019
Nihan
211 babies named Nihan in U.S. Social Security records since 2019, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,269 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,711 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 211
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nihan currently ranks #5711 among unisex names in America, with 211 babies recorded since 2019.
Nihan has 211 recorded births among girls since 2019, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5711 as of the latest data, more common than 67% of girls, 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 2019 to 2025.
- #19,269 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,711 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 211 born since 2019
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nihan ranks #19,269 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,711 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 211 born since 2019, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,269 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,711 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 211
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nihan's 211 recorded births place it above 73.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Nihan compares
211 38th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Nihan's all-time total is 44% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nihan | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 211 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 65 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nihan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nihan's full recorded timeline at 2022, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2019, with just 11 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 65 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nihan popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 65
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Nihan popularity over time - boys
67 total births recorded since 2015 (Nihan as boys' name)
Nihan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (200 births, 95% of the file).
2020s was Nihan's strongest decade.
200 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 95% of all-time use.
Nihan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
- 2020s
2020s
200 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 200 births (95% of all-time use).
Nihan by state
Where Nihan concentrates geographically, total births since 2019
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 39 | 18.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 38 | 18.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 10 | 4.7% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 5 | 2.4% |
| #5 | New York | | 5 | 2.4% |
39 of 211 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- California records the most Nihans (39 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Nihan: 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, 2019–2025 (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 Nihan 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.