Recorded 1989–2019 Boys' name Peak 2004 368 births

Nithin — boys' name

368 babies named Nithin in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s51990s582000s2002010s105
2000s
Peak decade

54% of everyone ever named Nithin was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

26 babies were named Nithin in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nithin

The Social Security Administration has registered 368 babies named Nithin between 1989 and 2019, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nithin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nithin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 200 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nithin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nithin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nithin 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 368 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.

Nithin at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

368

Since 1989

31 years of records

Peak year

2004

26 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1989

Recorded for 31 years

Last year on file: 2019

Nithin popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1989

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2004)
26
Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
051015202530 20192015201120072003199919941989 5

Nithin by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
200 births that decade — 54% of Nithin's all-time total
1980s51990s582000s2002010s105

Nithin by state

Where Nithin concentrates geographically — total births since 1989

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Nithin
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
12 3.3%
California share of Nithin's total US births 3.3%

12 of 368 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nithin?
368 babies have been named Nithin since 1989. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2004 with 26 births.
When was Nithin most popular?
Nithin was most popular in the 2000s decade with 200 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
Where is Nithin most popular?
The top states for the name Nithin are California (12 births).
How long has the name Nithin been used?
Nithin has been recorded in Social Security data since 1989, spanning 31 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Nithin?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nitin, Nitish, Nitai, Nithilan, 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, 1989–2019 (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.