Nissen — boys' name
17 babies named Nissen in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Nissen was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Nissen in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nissen
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Nissen between 2008 and 2022, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nissen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nissen performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nissen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nissen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nissen 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 17 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.
Nissen at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nissen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2008
- Peak year (2008)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
17 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 7 births in a single year.
Nissen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 10 births that decade — 59% of Nissen's all-time total
Nissen decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Nissen's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
Nissen by state
Where Nissen concentrates geographically — total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 12 | 70.6% |
12 of 17 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 70.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 70.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 2008–2022 (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.