girls:
351 births since 1921
#5365 (6th percentile)
boys:
1k births since 1971
#3574 (22nd percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1921
#6373 (18th percentile)
The name Nima is the #6,373 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,370 recorded births since 1921. This represents the 17.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 17.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,574 (22.0% percentile) for all time with 1,019 births since 1971. For girls, it ranks #5,365 (6.1% percentile) for all time with 351 births since 1921.
Nima first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1921 (1921 for girls and 1971 for boys). Birth data for Nima is available in 54 out of the 103 years between 1921 and 2023 (50 years for boys and 40 years for girls). 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.
The name Nima has been given predominantly to boys, with 74.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 57.7% of babies named Nima were boys. Interestingly, until around 1971, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1921 to 1970), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (75.6% boys from 1971 to 2023).
For boys, Nima reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 4.8% percentile (ranked #658) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 20 births per million (ranked 4.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Nima ranks #901 for boys (1.1% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 40.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Nima reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #920) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Despite a low point in 2019, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Nima ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 74.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nima".
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