Recorded 1988–2011 Boys' name Peak 1994 50 births

Nitesh — boys' name

50 babies named Nitesh in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1990s
Peak decade

40% of everyone ever named Nitesh was born in this single decade.

1994
Single peak year

8 babies were named Nitesh in 1994 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nitesh

The Social Security Administration has registered 50 babies named Nitesh between 1988 and 2011, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nitesh currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nitesh performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nitesh shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nitesh 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 50 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.

Nitesh at a glance

Last recorded 2011

Total births

50

Since 1988

24 years of records

Peak year

1994

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2011

Active since

1988

Recorded for 24 years

Last year on file: 2011

Nitesh popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1988

Last recorded 2011
Peak year (1994)
8
Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
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Nitesh by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
20 births that decade — 40% of Nitesh's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nitesh?
50 babies have been named Nitesh since 1988. It was last recorded in 2011. The peak year was 1994 with 8 births.
When was Nitesh most popular?
Nitesh was most popular in the 1990s decade with 20 total births. The single peak year was 1994.
How long has the name Nitesh been used?
Nitesh has been recorded in Social Security data since 1988, spanning 24 years of data through 2011.
What names are similar to Nitesh?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nitin, Nithin, Nitish, Nitai, and 3 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, 1988–2011 (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.