Boys' name · since 2004

Nizaiah

Since 2004, U.S. Social Security records show 55 babies named Nizaiah, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#21,559 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#5,159 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
55
born since 2004
2020s
peak decade

55 babies have been named Nizaiah since 2004, making it today's #5159 boys' name.

Social Security Administration records show Nizaiah recorded 55 times among boys since 2004, holding rank #5159 nationally today, ahead of 63% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.

  • #21,559 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #5,159 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 55 born since 2004
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nizaiah ranks #21,559 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,159 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 55 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.

#21,559 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#5,159 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
55
born since 2004
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%62.9%
Nizaiah vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Nizaiah's 55 recorded births place it above 52.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Nizaiah compares

55 18th percentile among 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

Nizaiah's all-time total is 85% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Nizaiah Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 55 369 358,536
Peak-year births 19 34 22,252

Nizaiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Nizaiah's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Nizaiah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
19
Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
5101520 200420062007201020112025 19

Nizaiah by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (19 births, 35% of the file).

2020s was Nizaiah's strongest decade.

19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.

Nizaiah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 19 births (35% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nizaiah?
55 babies have been named Nizaiah since 2004. All-time, it sits at #21,559 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #5,159 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 2025 with 19 births.
Where does Nizaiah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nizaiah ranks #21,559 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,159 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Nizaiah most popular?
Nizaiah was most popular in the 2020s decade with 19 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Nizaiah been used?
Nizaiah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2004, spanning 22 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Nizaiah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nizar, Nizam, Nizear, Nizier, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Nizaiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2004–2025 (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 Nizaiah 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.