Recorded 2001–2016 Boys' name Peak 2005 77 births

Nisaiah — boys' name

77 babies named Nisaiah in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s522010s25
2000s
Peak decade

68% of everyone ever named Nisaiah was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

15 babies were named Nisaiah in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nisaiah

The Social Security Administration has registered 77 babies named Nisaiah between 2001 and 2016, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nisaiah currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nisaiah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nisaiah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nisaiah 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 77 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.

Nisaiah at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

77

Since 2001

16 years of records

Peak year

2005

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

2001

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 2016

Nisaiah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2001

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2005)
15
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
05101520 2016201220102008200720062005200420022001 6

Nisaiah by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
52 births that decade — 68% of Nisaiah's all-time total
2000s522010s25

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nisaiah?
77 babies have been named Nisaiah since 2001. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2005 with 15 births.
When was Nisaiah most popular?
Nisaiah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 52 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
How long has the name Nisaiah been used?
Nisaiah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2001, spanning 16 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Nisaiah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nishant, Nishan, Nissim, Nishanth, 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, 2001–2016 (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.