Recorded 1994–2023 Boys' name Peak 2023 21 births

Nisan — boys' name

21 babies named Nisan in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s52020s16
2020s
Peak decade

76% of everyone ever named Nisan was born in this single decade.

2023
Single peak year

9 babies were named Nisan in 2023 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nisan

The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Nisan between 1994 and 2023, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nisan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nisan performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nisan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nisan 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 21 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.

Nisan at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

21

Since 1994

30 years of records

Peak year

2023

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2020s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1994

Recorded for 30 years

Last year on file: 2023

Nisan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1994

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2023)
9
Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
45678910 202320221994 5

Nisan by decade

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

Peak: 2020s
Peak decade
2020s
16 births that decade — 76% of Nisan's all-time total
1990s52020s16

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nisan?
21 babies have been named Nisan since 1994. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2023 with 9 births.
When was Nisan most popular?
Nisan was most popular in the 2020s decade with 16 total births. The single peak year was 2023.
How long has the name Nisan been used?
Nisan has been recorded in Social Security data since 1994, spanning 30 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Nisan?
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, 1994–2023 (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.