Boys' name · since 2012
Nishal
43 babies named Nishal in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,248 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 43
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nishal is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 43 have been recorded since 2012.
Nishal has 43 recorded births among boys since 2012, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2022.
- #23,248 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 43 born since 2012
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nishal ranks #23,248 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 43 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,248 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 43
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nishal's 43 recorded births place it above 48.79% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nishal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nishal's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nishal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2022
- Peak year (2016)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Nishal by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (37 births, 86% of the file).
2010s was Nishal's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 86% of all-time use.
Nishal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
37 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 37 births (86% of all-time use).
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- Nishal's decade-level peak was the 2010s (37 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nishal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~10 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2012–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nishal draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.