Boys' name · since 1966
Nilesh
Nilesh has 178 recorded births since 1966 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1982 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,688 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 178
- born since 1966
- 1970s
- peak decade
178 boys have been named Nilesh since 1966, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Nilesh has 178 recorded births among boys since 1966, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 2014.
- #13,688 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 178 born since 1966
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nilesh ranks #13,688 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 178 born since 1966, peaking in the 1970s.
- #13,688 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 178
- born since 1966
- 1970s
- peak decade
Nilesh's 178 recorded births place it above 69.88% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nilesh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nilesh's SSA record in two at 1982 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1966, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1982 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nilesh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2014
- Peak year (1982)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Nilesh by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (73 births, 41% of the file).
1970s was Nilesh's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Nilesh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
73 births
- 1980s
1980s
50 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s 27
2000s
27 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 73 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Nilesh's decade-level peak was the 1970s (73 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2010s -- 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 Nilesh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1966–2014 (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 Nilesh 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.