Nikhil — #2534 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Nikhil

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,360 babies named Nikhil between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nikhil currently holds the #2534 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 261 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nikhil performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nikhil shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,043 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Nikhil in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nikhil 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 5,360 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.