Boys' name · since 2010
Nixen
84 babies named Nixen in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,579 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 84
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nixen is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 84 have been recorded since 2010.
Social Security Administration records show Nixen recorded 84 times among boys since 2010, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2024.
- #18,579 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 84 born since 2010
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nixen ranks #18,579 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 84 born since 2010, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,579 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 84
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nixen's 84 recorded births place it above 59.1% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nixen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nixen's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2010, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nixen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2024
- Peak year (2015)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Nixen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (65 births, 77% of the file).
2010s was Nixen's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Nixen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
65 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 65 births (77% of all-time use).
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- Nixen's decade-level peak was the 2010s (65 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nixen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
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, 2010–2024 (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 Nixen 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.