Recorded 1997–2018 Boys' name Peak 2010 36 births

Nishad — boys' name

36 babies named Nishad in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s52000s202010s11
2000s
Peak decade

56% of everyone ever named Nishad was born in this single decade.

2010
Single peak year

6 babies were named Nishad in 2010 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nishad

The Social Security Administration has registered 36 babies named Nishad between 1997 and 2018, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nishad currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nishad performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nishad shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nishad 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 36 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.

Nishad at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

36

Since 1997

22 years of records

Peak year

2010

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1997

Recorded for 22 years

Last year on file: 2018

Nishad popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1997

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2010)
6
Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
4.555.566.5 2018201020082005200420021997 5

Nishad by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
20 births that decade — 56% of Nishad's all-time total
1990s52000s202010s11

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nishad?
36 babies have been named Nishad since 1997. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2010 with 6 births.
When was Nishad most popular?
Nishad was most popular in the 2000s decade with 20 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
How long has the name Nishad been used?
Nishad has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 22 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Nishad?
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, 1997–2018 (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.