Boys' name · since 1986
Niket
23 babies named Niket in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,926 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 23
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Niket sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 23 recorded since 1986.
Social Security Administration records show Niket recorded 23 times among boys since 1986, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2009.
- #27,926 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 23 born since 1986
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Niket ranks #27,926 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 23 born since 1986, peaking in the 2000s.
- #27,926 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 23
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Niket's 23 recorded births place it above 38.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Niket's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Niket's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1986, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Niket popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2009
- Peak year (1998)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Niket by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (12 births, 52% of the file).
2000s was Niket's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Niket births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 12 births (52% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Niket: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~23 yrs)
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, 1986–2009 (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 Niket 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.