Nixen — #13416 US boys' name
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.
More common than 6% of names given to boys today.
77% of everyone ever named Nixen was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Nixen in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nixen
The Social Security Administration has registered 84 babies named Nixen between 2010 and 2024, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nixen currently holds the #13416 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nixen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nixen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nixen 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 84 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.
Nixen at a glance
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Current rank
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Nixen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2010
- Peak year (2015)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
Currently ranks #13416 among boys.
84 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 13 births in a single year.
Nixen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 65 births that decade — 77% of Nixen's all-time total
Nixen decade highlights
- Peak decade 65 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Nixen's strongest decade
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 77% of all-time use.
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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, 2010–2024 (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.