Boys' name · since 2021

Nimir

Since 2021, U.S. Social Security records show 28 babies named Nimir, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#26,471 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#9,634 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
28
born since 2021
2020s
peak decade

Yes -- Nimir is the #9634 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 28 recorded since 2021.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nimir has been recorded 28 times among boys since 2021, currently ranked #9634 nationally and more common than 31% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2021 to 2025.

  • #26,471 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #9,634 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 28 born since 2021
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nimir ranks #26,471 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,634 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 28 born since 2021, peaking in the 2020s.

#26,471 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#9,634 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
28
born since 2021
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%30.8%
Nimir vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Nimir's 28 recorded births place it above 41.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Nimir compares

28 11th 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

Nimir's all-time total is 92% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Nimir Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 28 369 358,536
Peak-year births 9 34 22,252

Nimir's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Nimir's full recorded timeline at 2024, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2022, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Nimir popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
9
Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
45678910 2021202220242025 8

Nimir by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (28 births, 100% of the file).

2020s was Nimir's strongest decade.

28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Nimir births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 28 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nimir?
Since 2021, Social Security records show 28 babies named Nimir. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #26,471 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #9,634 of 13,930 among boys. Its busiest year on record was 2024, with 9 births.
Where does Nimir sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nimir ranks #26,471 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,634 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Nimir most popular?
Nimir was most popular in the 2020s decade with 28 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
How long has the name Nimir been used?
Records for Nimir go back to 2021, giving 5 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Nimir?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nima, Nimrod, Nimai, Nimesh, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Nimir: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2021–2025 (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 Nimir 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.