Recorded 1992–2014 Girls' name Peak 1999 199 births

Nimra — girls' name

199 babies named Nimra in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s682000s1032010s28
2000s
Peak decade

52% of everyone ever named Nimra was born in this single decade.

1999
Single peak year

16 babies were named Nimra in 1999 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nimra

The Social Security Administration has registered 199 babies named Nimra between 1992 and 2014, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nimra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nimra performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nimra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nimra in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nimra 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 199 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.

Nimra at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

199

Since 1992

23 years of records

Peak year

1999

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

1992

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2014

Nimra popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1992

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (1999)
16
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
05101520 20142011200720042001199819951992 5

Nimra by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
103 births that decade — 52% of Nimra's all-time total
1990s682000s1032010s28

Nimra by state

Where Nimra concentrates geographically — total births since 1992

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Nimra
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
28 14.1%
New York share of Nimra's total US births 14.1%

28 of 199 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nimra?
199 babies have been named Nimra since 1992. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 1999 with 16 births.
When was Nimra most popular?
Nimra was most popular in the 2000s decade with 103 total births. The single peak year was 1999.
Where is Nimra most popular?
The top states for the name Nimra are New York (28 births).
How long has the name Nimra been used?
Nimra has been recorded in Social Security data since 1992, spanning 23 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Nimra?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nima, Nimrat, Nimo, Nimsi, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1992–2014 (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.