Nimesh — boys' name
67 babies named Nimesh in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Nimesh was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Nimesh in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nimesh
The Social Security Administration has registered 67 babies named Nimesh between 1973 and 2002, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nimesh currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nimesh performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nimesh shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nimesh in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nimesh 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 67 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.
Nimesh at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nimesh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1973
- Peak year (1982)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
67 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 12 births in a single year.
Nimesh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 38 births that decade — 57% of Nimesh's all-time total
Nimesh decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Nimesh's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Nimesh by state
Where Nimesh concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 9.0% |
6 of 67 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 9.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1973–2002 (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.