Nissim — #4964 US boys' name
272 babies named Nissim in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 65% of names given to boys today.
31% of everyone ever named Nissim was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Nissim in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nissim
The Social Security Administration has registered 272 babies named Nissim between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nissim currently holds the #4964 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nissim performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nissim shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 94 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Nissim in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nissim 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 272 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.
Nissim at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nissim popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1992
- Peak year (2024)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
Currently ranks #4964 among boys.
272 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 20 births in a single year.
Nissim by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 85 births that decade — 31% of Nissim's all-time total
Nissim decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 76 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Nissim's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Nissim by state
Where Nissim concentrates geographically — total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 94 | 34.6% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 5 | 1.8% |
94 of 272 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 34.6% of nationwide
- New Jersey 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 34.6% 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, 1992–2024 (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.