Niamh
Niamh is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 51 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 510.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 200874 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1969
- 1,574people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,574 girls have been named Niamh in the United States since 1969, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2008, with 74 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2000s alone account for 40%.
By decade
In 2008, its biggest year
Niamh was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2008 were Emma, Isabella, Emily, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2008.
Names that rose and fell with Niamh
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Delaneypeak 2004
- Mckennapeak 2002
- Alayshapeak 2001
- Enyapeak 2002
- Zayrapeak 2004
- Halleepeak 2002
- Kenedipeak 2007
- Selinpeak 2006
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.