Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Nirav

#6,911 most common boys' name of all time · #17,376 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1972–2025

Rank among boys
#6,911
Rank overall
#17,376 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
546
Since 2016
106
Peak year
1984 #2,426
Best rank
#2,426 1984
Girls Boys peak 21/yr
198020002020

Nirav first appears in 1972. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 13 13 #6,553
2024 — 6 6 #11,237
2023 — 12 12 #7,020
2022 — 10 10 #7,914
2020 — 7 7 #9,812
2019 — 6 6 #11,092
2018 — 16 16 #5,626
2017 — 20 20 #4,818
2016 — 16 16 #5,649
2015 — 9 9 #8,251
2014 — 11 11 #7,220
2013 — 11 11 #7,178
2012 — 10 10 #7,733
2011 — 11 11 #7,149
2010 — 10 10 #7,740
2009 — 14 14 #6,206
2008 — 13 13 #6,512
2007 — 9 9 #8,395
2006 — 10 10 #7,611
2005 — 7 7 #9,414
2001 — 5 5 #11,036
2000 — 5 5 #10,792
1999 — 7 7 #8,156
1998 — 5 5 #10,111
1997 — 6 6 #8,524
1996 — 6 6 #8,318
1994 — 6 6 #8,162
1993 — 11 11 #5,195
1991 — 10 10 #5,318
1990 — 12 12 #4,576
1989 — 8 8 #5,969
1988 — 11 11 #4,361
1987 — 11 11 #4,159
1986 — 15 15 #3,230
1985 — 19 19 #2,691
1984 — 21 21 #2,426
1983 — 17 17 #2,766
1982 — 18 18 #2,689
1981 — 20 20 #2,489
1980 — 18 18 #2,718
1979 — 19 19 #2,556
1978 — 10 10 #3,805
1977 — 14 14 #3,018
1976 — 15 15 #2,820
1975 — 13 13 #3,065
1974 — 10 10 #3,545
1973 — 7 7 #4,457
1972 — 6 6 #4,960