Boys' name · since 2004
Nisiah
Nisiah has 17 recorded births since 2004 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,339 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,506 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 17
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Nisiah is the #7506 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 17 recorded since 2004.
Social Security Administration records show Nisiah recorded 17 times among boys since 2004, holding rank #7506 nationally today, ahead of 46% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #30,339 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,506 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 17 born since 2004
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nisiah ranks #30,339 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,506 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 17 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.
- #30,339 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,506 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 17
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nisiah's 17 recorded births place it above 32.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nisiah compares
17 7th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nisiah's all-time total is 95% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nisiah | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 17 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Nisiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nisiah's SSA record in two at 2025 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nisiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Nisiah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (11 births, 65% of the file).
2020s was Nisiah's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Nisiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11 births (65% of all-time use).
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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, 2004–2025 (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 Nisiah 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.