Recorded 1995–2019 Boys' name Peak 2006 69 births

Nishawn — boys' name

69 babies named Nishawn in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s122000s302010s27
2000s
Peak decade

43% of everyone ever named Nishawn was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

9 babies were named Nishawn in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nishawn

The Social Security Administration has registered 69 babies named Nishawn between 1995 and 2019, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nishawn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nishawn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nishawn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nishawn 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 69 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.

Nishawn at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

69

Since 1995

25 years of records

Peak year

2006

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1995

Recorded for 25 years

Last year on file: 2019

Nishawn popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1995

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2006)
9
Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
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Nishawn by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
30 births that decade — 43% of Nishawn's all-time total
1990s122000s302010s27

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nishawn?
69 babies have been named Nishawn since 1995. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2006 with 9 births.
When was Nishawn most popular?
Nishawn was most popular in the 2000s decade with 30 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
How long has the name Nishawn been used?
Nishawn has been recorded in Social Security data since 1995, spanning 25 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Nishawn?
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, 1995–2019 (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.