Nishaan — #8714 US boys' name
88 babies named Nishaan in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 39% of names given to boys today.
57% of everyone ever named Nishaan was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Nishaan in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nishaan
The Social Security Administration has registered 88 babies named Nishaan between 2005 and 2024, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nishaan currently holds the #8714 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nishaan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nishaan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nishaan 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 88 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.
Nishaan at a glance
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Current rank
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Nishaan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2005
- Peak year (2017)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
Currently ranks #8714 among boys.
88 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 11 births in a single year.
Nishaan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 50 births that decade — 57% of Nishaan's all-time total
Nishaan decade highlights
- Peak decade 50 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Nishaan's strongest decade
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
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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, 2005–2024 (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.