Boys' name · since 1979
Nyheem
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 160 babies named Nyheem, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,340 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,440 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 160
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nyheem currently ranks #8440 among boys' names in America, with 160 babies recorded since 1979.
Nyheem has 160 recorded births among boys since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8440 as of the latest data, more common than 39% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #14,340 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,440 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 160 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nyheem ranks #14,340 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,440 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 160 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,340 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,440 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 160
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nyheem's 160 recorded births place it above 68.44% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nyheem compares
160 34th 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
Nyheem's all-time total is 57% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nyheem | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 160 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Nyheem's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nyheem's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nyheem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Nyheem by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (61 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Nyheem's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Nyheem births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
61 births
- 2010s
2010s
46 births
- 2020s
2020s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 61 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Nyheem's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (61 total births) through the 2020s (48) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nyheem: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Nyheem 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.