Nitin — boys' name
639 babies named Nitin in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Nitin was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Nitin in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nitin
The Social Security Administration has registered 639 babies named Nitin between 1972 and 2021, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nitin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 30 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nitin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 231 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nitin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Nitin in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nitin 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 639 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.
Nitin at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nitin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1972
- Peak year (2003)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
639 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 30 births in a single year.
Nitin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 231 births that decade — 36% of Nitin's all-time total
Nitin decade highlights
- Peak decade 231 births
- Runner-up 126 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nitin's strongest decade
231 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Nitin by state
Where Nitin concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 27 | 4.2% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #4 | Texas | | 5 | 0.8% |
27 of 639 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.9% of nationwide
- New Jersey 0.8% of nationwide
- Texas 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1972–2021 (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.