Recorded 2001–2011 Boys' name Peak 2005 83 births

Nitish — boys' name

83 babies named Nitish in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s782010s5
2000s
Peak decade

94% of everyone ever named Nitish was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

14 babies were named Nitish in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nitish

The Social Security Administration has registered 83 babies named Nitish between 2001 and 2011, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nitish currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nitish performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nitish shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nitish 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 83 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.

Nitish at a glance

Last recorded 2011

Total births

83

Since 2001

11 years of records

Peak year

2005

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2011

Active since

2001

Recorded for 11 years

Last year on file: 2011

Nitish popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2001

Last recorded 2011
Peak year (2005)
14
Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
46810121416 201120092008200720062005200420032001 10

Nitish by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
78 births that decade — 94% of Nitish's all-time total
2000s782010s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nitish?
83 babies have been named Nitish since 2001. It was last recorded in 2011. The peak year was 2005 with 14 births.
When was Nitish most popular?
Nitish was most popular in the 2000s decade with 78 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
How long has the name Nitish been used?
Nitish has been recorded in Social Security data since 2001, spanning 11 years of data through 2011.
What names are similar to Nitish?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nitin, Nithin, 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, 2001–2011 (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.