Niv**
#13,994 most common boys' name of all time · #36,107 across all names · 73% male / 27% female · used 1992–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#13,994
Rank overall
#36,107 of 105,966
First appeared
1992
Years on the list
18 of 146
All-time
133
Since 2016
83
Peak year
2020 #7,274
Best rank
#7,274 2020
Girls
Boys
peak 16/yr
Niv first appears in 1992. 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 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #11,190 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #11,489 |
| 2023 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,994 |
| 2022 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2021 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2020 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #7,274 |
| 2019 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2018 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,228 |
| 2017 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,437 |
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,997 |
| 2011 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,213 |
| 2010 | — | 5 | 5 | #13,119 |
| 2008 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,749 |
| 2007 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,612 |
| 2006 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,956 |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,501 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,974 |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,742 |