Nihal
Nihal is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 41 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 410.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 201441 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1993
- 1,009people given the name
The story in the numbers
783 boys have been named Nihal in the United States since 1993, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2014, with 41 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2014, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2013, and the 2010s alone account for 44%.
Nihal is used for both sexes: 22% of its bearers are girls (226), most of them born around 2016.
By decade
In 2014, its biggest year
Nihal was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2014 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2014.
Names that rose and fell with Nihal
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ayomidepeak 2017
- Zakariapeak 2017
- Zainepeak 2015
- Dhruvpeak 2019
- Tenzinpeak 2014
- Fischerpeak 2015
- Paysonpeak 2015
- Ayubpeak 2018
Other spellings in the data
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.