Recorded 1989–2005 Boys' name Peak 1995 32 births

Nirmal — boys' name

32 babies named Nirmal in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s51990s172000s10
1990s
Peak decade

53% of everyone ever named Nirmal was born in this single decade.

1995
Single peak year

6 babies were named Nirmal in 1995 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nirmal

The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Nirmal between 1989 and 2005, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nirmal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nirmal performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nirmal shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nirmal 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 32 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.

Nirmal at a glance

Last recorded 2005

Total births

32

Since 1989

17 years of records

Peak year

1995

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2005

Active since

1989

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 2005

Nirmal popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1989

Last recorded 2005
Peak year (1995)
6
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
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Nirmal by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
17 births that decade — 53% of Nirmal's all-time total
1980s51990s172000s10

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nirmal?
32 babies have been named Nirmal since 1989. It was last recorded in 2005. The peak year was 1995 with 6 births.
When was Nirmal most popular?
Nirmal was most popular in the 1990s decade with 17 total births. The single peak year was 1995.
How long has the name Nirmal been used?
Nirmal has been recorded in Social Security data since 1989, spanning 17 years of data through 2005.
What names are similar to Nirmal?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nirvaan, Nirav, Nirvan, Niraj, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1989–2005 (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.