Nima**
#3,884 most common boys' name of all time · #9,465 across all names · 74% male / 26% female · used 1921–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#3,884
Rank overall
#9,465 of 105,966
First appeared
1921
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
1,421
Since 2016
240
Peak year
1992 #1,964
Best rank
#1,610 1982
Girls
Boys
peak 51/yr
Nima first appears in 1921. 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 | 8 | 18 | 26 | #5,236 |
| 2024 | 9 | 14 | 23 | #6,245 |
| 2023 | 12 | 16 | 28 | #5,698 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | 22 | #7,333 |
| 2021 | 9 | 15 | 24 | #5,813 |
| 2020 | 15 | 15 | 30 | #5,738 |
| 2019 | 7 | 13 | 20 | #6,462 |
| 2018 | 15 | 9 | 24 | #8,256 |
| 2017 | 9 | 12 | 21 | #6,753 |
| 2016 | 12 | 10 | 22 | #7,691 |
| 2015 | 14 | 7 | 21 | #9,713 |
| 2014 | 15 | 9 | 24 | #8,216 |
| 2013 | 16 | 7 | 23 | #9,811 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8 | 17 | #8,968 |
| 2011 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #7,080 |
| 2010 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #8,927 |
| 2009 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #6,488 |
| 2008 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #7,808 |
| 2007 | 8 | 12 | 20 | #6,692 |
| 2006 | 13 | 20 | 33 | #4,551 |
| 2005 | 7 | 13 | 20 | #5,952 |
| 2004 | 7 | 16 | 23 | #5,065 |
| 2003 | 9 | 23 | 32 | #3,758 |
| 2002 | 8 | 30 | 38 | #3,043 |
| 2001 | 6 | 32 | 38 | #2,881 |
| 2000 | — | 31 | 31 | #2,880 |
| 1999 | — | 32 | 32 | #2,678 |
| 1998 | 6 | 32 | 38 | #2,608 |
| 1997 | 6 | 31 | 37 | #2,567 |
| 1996 | — | 23 | 23 | #3,138 |
| 1995 | 6 | 28 | 34 | #2,647 |
| 1994 | 7 | 14 | 21 | #4,351 |
| 1993 | — | 31 | 31 | #2,417 |
| 1992 | 10 | 41 | 51 | #1,964 |
| 1991 | — | 36 | 36 | #2,071 |
| 1990 | 6 | 41 | 47 | #1,883 |
| 1989 | 6 | 29 | 35 | #2,321 |
| 1988 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,803 |
| 1987 | 6 | 37 | 43 | #1,779 |
| 1986 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,945 |
| 1985 | 7 | 30 | 37 | #1,942 |
| 1984 | 10 | 28 | 38 | #1,953 |
| 1983 | 9 | 22 | 31 | #2,303 |
| 1982 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,610 |
| 1981 | 12 | 19 | 31 | #2,526 |
| 1980 | 5 | 20 | 25 | #2,479 |
| 1979 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,079 |
| 1978 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,606 |
| 1977 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,495 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,856 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,264 |
| 1971 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,200 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1928 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1924 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1921 | 6 | — | 6 | — |