Nalin

Where Nalin comes from

The dictionaries list Nalin as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1989
    First appearance
    #7,905 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2011
    Peak, #5,675
    15 babies named Nalin — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2015
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 2016
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Nalin hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.