Nihal**
#4,630 most common boys' name of all time · #11,401 across all names · 78% male / 22% female · used 1993–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#4,630
Rank overall
#11,401 of 105,966
First appeared
1993
Years on the list
32 of 146
All-time
1,063
Since 2016
473
Peak year
2016 #3,099
Best rank
#2,869 2014
Girls
Boys
peak 61/yr
Nihal first appears in 1993. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 42 | 54 | #2,976 |
| 2024 | 15 | 41 | 56 | #3,028 |
| 2023 | 7 | 32 | 39 | #3,605 |
| 2022 | 12 | 25 | 37 | #4,256 |
| 2021 | 14 | 39 | 53 | #3,106 |
| 2020 | 11 | 22 | 33 | #4,502 |
| 2019 | 10 | 34 | 44 | #3,401 |
| 2018 | 12 | 30 | 42 | #3,679 |
| 2017 | 17 | 37 | 54 | #3,178 |
| 2016 | 23 | 38 | 61 | #3,099 |
| 2015 | 11 | 41 | 52 | #2,906 |
| 2014 | 13 | 41 | 54 | #2,869 |
| 2013 | 18 | 35 | 53 | #3,175 |
| 2012 | 9 | 30 | 39 | #3,603 |
| 2011 | 14 | 30 | 44 | #3,580 |
| 2010 | 6 | 27 | 33 | #3,868 |
| 2009 | 8 | 28 | 36 | #3,809 |
| 2008 | 6 | 25 | 31 | #4,125 |
| 2007 | 9 | 25 | 34 | #4,100 |
| 2006 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,028 |
| 2005 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,082 |
| 2004 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,210 |
| 2003 | — | 18 | 18 | #4,584 |
| 2002 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,666 |
| 2001 | 5 | 24 | 29 | #3,608 |
| 2000 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,187 |
| 1999 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,613 |
| 1998 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #9,299 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,995 |
| 1996 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,764 |
| 1995 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,368 |
| 1993 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,616 |