girls:
553 births since 2006
#5163 (10th percentile)
overall:
553 births since 2006
#7186 (7th percentile)
The name Nihira is the #7,186 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 553 recorded births since 2006. This represents the 7.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,163 (9.6% percentile) for all time with 553 births since 2006.
Nihira first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2006 (first recorded for girls in 2006). Birth data for Nihira is available in 13 out of the 18 years between 2006 and 2023. 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 girls, Nihira reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 7.6% percentile (ranked #885) with 44 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 44 births per million (ranked 7.6% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Nihira is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #878 (7.3% percentile) with 42 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nihira".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Nihira. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.3% confident that Nihira is pronounced as nih-HEE-ruh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is nih-HIH-ruh, at 26.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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