Boys' name · since 2011
Nivaan
Nivaan has 608 recorded births since 2011 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,018 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,418 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 608
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nivaan currently ranks #2418 among boys' names in America, with 608 babies recorded since 2011.
Nivaan has 608 recorded births among boys since 2011, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2418 as of the latest data, more common than 83% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.
- #7,018 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,418 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 608 born since 2011
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nivaan ranks #7,018 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,418 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 608 born since 2011, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,018 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,418 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 608
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nivaan's 608 recorded births place it above 84.56% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Nivaan compares
608 Top 40% higher than 60% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nivaan's all-time total is 65% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nivaan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 608 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 63 | 34 | 22,252 |
Nivaan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nivaan splits its recorded history at 2018: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2011 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2019 peak of 63 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nivaan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 63
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Nivaan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (349 births, 57% of the file).
2010s was Nivaan's strongest decade.
349 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Nivaan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
349 births
- 2020s
2020s
259 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 349 births (57% of all-time use).
How Nivaan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Nivaan's total volume
Nivaan by state
Where Nivaan concentrates geographically, total births since 2011
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 124 | 20.4% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 47 | 7.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 34 | 5.6% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 7 | 1.2% |
| #5 | New York | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Washington | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.8% |
124 of 608 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Nivaan appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Nivaan's data
- Nivaan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (349 total births) through the 2020s (259) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Nivaans (124 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nivaan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~14 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2011–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nivaan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.