Nirav — #11151 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Nirav

The Social Security Administration has registered 533 babies named Nirav between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nirav currently holds the #11151 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nirav performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 158 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nirav shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Nirav in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nirav 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 533 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.