Unisex name · since 1974
Nilay
Nilay has 240 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,918 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,953 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 240
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nilay currently ranks #10953 among unisex names in America, with 240 babies recorded since 1974.
Nilay has 240 recorded births among boys since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10953 as of the latest data, more common than 21% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2025.
- #11,918 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,953 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 240 born since 1974
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nilay ranks #11,918 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,953 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 240 born since 1974, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,918 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,953 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 240
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nilay's 240 recorded births place it above 73.78% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nilay compares
240 41st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Nilay's all-time total is 35% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nilay | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 240 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Nilay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nilay's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nilay popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Nilay popularity over time - girls
22 total births recorded since 2009 (Nilay as girls' name)
Nilay by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (91 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Nilay's strongest decade.
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Nilay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 33
1980s
33 births
- 1990s 27
1990s
27 births
- 2000s
2000s
91 births
- 2010s
2010s
72 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 91 births (38% of all-time use).
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What to do with Nilay's data
- Nilay's decade-level peak was the 2000s (91 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nilay: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1974–2025 (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 Nilay 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.