Recorded 1993–2011 Boys' name Peak 2011 38 births

Nijal — boys' name

38 babies named Nijal in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s212000s102010s7
1990s
Peak decade

55% of everyone ever named Nijal was born in this single decade.

2011
Single peak year

7 babies were named Nijal in 2011 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nijal

The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Nijal between 1993 and 2011, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nijal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nijal performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nijal shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nijal 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 38 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.

Nijal at a glance

Last recorded 2011

Total births

38

Since 1993

19 years of records

Peak year

2011

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2011

Active since

1993

Recorded for 19 years

Last year on file: 2011

Nijal popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1993

Last recorded 2011
Peak year (2011)
7
Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
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Nijal by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
21 births that decade — 55% of Nijal's all-time total
1990s212000s102010s7

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nijal?
38 babies have been named Nijal since 1993. It was last recorded in 2011. The peak year was 2011 with 7 births.
When was Nijal most popular?
Nijal was most popular in the 1990s decade with 21 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
How long has the name Nijal been used?
Nijal has been recorded in Social Security data since 1993, spanning 19 years of data through 2011.
What names are similar to Nijal?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nijel, Nijah, Nijee, Nijay, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1993–2011 (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.