Nihira — #2592 US girls' name
621 babies named Nihira in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 85% of names given to girls today.
56% of everyone ever named Nihira was born in this single decade.
78 babies were named Nihira in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nihira
The Social Security Administration has registered 621 babies named Nihira between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nihira currently holds the #2592 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 78 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nihira performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 348 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nihira shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 93 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Nihira in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nihira 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 621 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.
Nihira at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nihira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2006
- Peak year (2022)
- 78
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
Currently ranks #2592 among girls.
621 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 78 births in a single year.
Nihira by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 348 births that decade — 56% of Nihira's all-time total
Nihira decade highlights
- Peak decade 348 births
- Runner-up 268 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Nihira's strongest decade
348 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Nihira by state
Where Nihira concentrates geographically — total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 93 | 15.0% |
| #2 | California | | 84 | 13.5% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 22 | 3.5% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 17 | 2.7% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 8 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 7 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Florida | | 5 | 0.8% |
93 of 621 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 15.0% of nationwide
- California 13.5% of nationwide
- New Jersey 3.5% of nationwide
- North Carolina 2.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 12 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 15.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Nihira appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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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, 2006–2024 (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.