Nima
- #10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births
- #5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births
- Given to boys 74.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1982 · 38 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,052since 1971
Nima over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | #5,208 | 18 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | #6,199 | 14 |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | #5,666 | 16 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | #7,262 | 11 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | #5,776 | 15 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 | #5,699 | 15 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | #6,406 | 13 |
| 2018 | #7,409 | 15 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #6,685 | 12 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | #7,009 | 11 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #6,436 | 13 |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | #4,520 | 20 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #3,732 | 23 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | #3,022 | 30 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #2,864 | 32 |
| 2000 | — | #2,864 | 31 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,665 | 32 | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #2,599 | 32 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #2,546 | 31 |
| 1996 | — | #3,107 | 23 | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #2,626 | 28 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | — | #2,399 | 31 | |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #1,955 | 41 |
| 1991 | — | #2,052 | 36 | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #1,870 | 41 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #2,292 | 29 |
| 1988 | — | #1,790 | 38 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #1,760 | 37 |
| 1986 | — | #1,917 | 31 | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #1,916 | 30 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 | #1,933 | 28 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #2,272 | 22 |
| 1982 | — | #1,596 | 38 | |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 | #2,496 | 19 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #2,444 | 20 |
| 1979 | — | #2,048 | 25 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,568 | 17 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,386 | 11 | |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
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| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five boys were named Nima! It came in at #4,907, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1971–1976, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Nima is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- California#2,471 · 1 in 35,095
Best ever in a state: #464 in Maryland, 1992.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #2,471 | 5 | 1 in 35,095 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 991 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #5,208)
- 491 spots since 2020 (#5,699 → #5,208)
- 4,360 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #5,208)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1982 at #1,596 (38 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 47,749
- Highest: 1 in 47,749 boys born in 1982 were named Nima (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,893 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 29.4% of all boys named Nima (309) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2023
- Mostly girls until 2022, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 68 | #2,048 (1979) | #3,914 |
| 1980s | 292 | #1,596 (1982) | #2,042 |
| 1990s | 309 | #1,870 (1990) | #2,611 |
| 2000s | 200 | #2,864 (2001) | #4,864 |
| 2010s | 94 | #6,406 (2019) | #8,088 |
| 2020s | 89 | #5,208 (2025) | #5,968 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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