Nihar

Popularity Trends

The name Nihar is the #7,436 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 303 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 3.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,283 (6.5% percentile) for all time with 303 births since 1978.

Nihar first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 (first recorded for boys in 1978). Birth data for Nihar is available in 30 out of the 42 years between 1978 and 2019. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Nihar reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #831) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2019.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nihar".

1978 2019 19782019

Key Statistics

Total Births

303

Peak Births

Peak Year

2004

First Recorded

1978

Peak Percentile

1.9%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#831

Current Rank

—

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Nihar", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Nihar.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Nihar's popularity from 1975 to 2022 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Nihar at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Nihar range from Varun at 92.6% correlation to Kamerin at 91.2% correlation, with an average correlation level of 91.8%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Madison with 418.0K births (98% girls) and the least popular is Bryceton with 365 births (100% boys).

Nihar's share of births peaked at 9.9 births per million for boys in 2004. It reached its lowest point of 2.5 births per million (25% of peak) in 1994. In 2019, the most recent period with data, the name Nihar had 3.1 births per million, 31% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Varun

2,564

92.60% (very strong)

Alexia

45.7k

92.16% (very strong)

Makayla

107k

91.95% (very strong)

Abigale

5,842

91.93% (very strong)

Madison

418k

91.93% (very strong)

Bryceton

365

91.79% (very strong)

Reghan

888

91.79% (very strong)

Mattison

2,524

91.76% (very strong)

Abigayle

6,136

91.64% (very strong)

Deasia

4,858

91.27% (very strong)

Jaylon

10.3k

91.25% (very strong)

Kamerin

695

91.19% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Nihar

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Nihar. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 43.2% confident that Nihar is pronounced as nih-HAHR, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NEE-hahr, at 32.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.

43.2%

32.4%

18.9%

5.4%

nih-HAHR (2 syllables)

43.2% confidence

N IH0 HH AA1 R

NEE-hahr (2 syllables)

32.4% confidence

N IY1 HH AA0 R

NIH-hahr (2 syllables)

18.9% confidence

N IH1 HH AA0 R

nee-HAHR (2 syllables)

5.4% confidence

N IY0 HH AA1 R

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Nihar? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Nihar. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Nihar, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like N IH0 HH AA1 R) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

Made with ❤️ by Aaron J Becker

On This Page