Nikhil
#1,664 most common boys' name of all time · #4,025 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1971–2025
Rank among boys
#1,664
Rank overall
#4,025 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
5,404
Since 2016
660
Peak year
2007 #824
Best rank
#815 1999
Girls
Boys
peak 261/yr
Nikhil first appears in 1971. 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 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,854 |
| 2024 | — | 53 | 53 | #2,542 |
| 2023 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,866 |
| 2022 | — | 54 | 54 | #2,538 |
| 2021 | — | 68 | 68 | #2,118 |
| 2020 | — | 70 | 70 | #2,036 |
| 2019 | — | 65 | 65 | #2,178 |
| 2018 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,893 |
| 2017 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,732 |
| 2016 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,690 |
| 2015 | — | 124 | 124 | #1,392 |
| 2014 | — | 173 | 173 | #1,106 |
| 2013 | — | 156 | 156 | #1,161 |
| 2012 | — | 158 | 158 | #1,159 |
| 2011 | — | 190 | 190 | #1,014 |
| 2010 | — | 192 | 192 | #1,016 |
| 2009 | — | 244 | 244 | #864 |
| 2008 | — | 241 | 241 | #878 |
| 2007 | — | 261 | 261 | #824 |
| 2006 | — | 223 | 223 | #887 |
| 2005 | — | 209 | 209 | #876 |
| 2004 | — | 204 | 204 | #864 |
| 2003 | — | 201 | 201 | #860 |
| 2002 | — | 182 | 182 | #892 |
| 2001 | — | 193 | 193 | #842 |
| 2000 | — | 183 | 183 | #868 |
| 1999 | — | 188 | 188 | #815 |
| 1998 | — | 145 | 145 | #960 |
| 1997 | — | 129 | 129 | #999 |
| 1996 | — | 122 | 122 | #1,024 |
| 1995 | — | 100 | 100 | #1,148 |
| 1994 | — | 86 | 86 | #1,266 |
| 1993 | — | 91 | 91 | #1,176 |
| 1992 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,149 |
| 1991 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,324 |
| 1990 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,749 |
| 1989 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,564 |
| 1988 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,317 |
| 1987 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,186 |
| 1986 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,438 |
| 1985 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,480 |
| 1984 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,627 |
| 1983 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,624 |
| 1982 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,992 |
| 1981 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,136 |
| 1980 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,277 |
| 1979 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,372 |
| 1978 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,961 |
| 1977 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,575 |
| 1976 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,932 |
| 1975 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,229 |
| 1974 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,534 |
| 1973 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,009 |
| 1971 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,652 |