Nima
Nima is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 14 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 140.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 199041 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1971
- 1,395people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,034 boys have been named Nima in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 41 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 1994, and the 1990s alone account for 30%.
Nima is used for both sexes: 26% of its bearers are girls (361), most of them born around 2013.
By decade
In 1990, its biggest year
Nima was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1990 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 1990.
Names that rose and fell with Nima
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nikolauspeak 1994
- Kcpeak 1991
- Dontepeak 1997
- Brandonpeak 1992
- Jestinpeak 2001
- Terellpeak 1994
- Jaredpeak 1998
- Nicholaspeak 1995
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.