Nitin
- Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146
- Peak · boys
- 1981 · 18 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 639since 1972
Nitin over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Nitin has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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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 | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #8,067 | 9 |
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| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #5,923 | 14 |
| 2012 | #6,306 | 13 |
| 2011 | #5,945 | 14 |
| 2010 | #4,678 | 20 |
| 2009 | #4,160 | 24 |
| 2008 | #3,744 | 28 |
| 2007 | #4,640 | 20 |
| 2006 | #5,072 | 17 |
| 2005 | #3,615 | 26 |
| 2004 | #3,534 | 26 |
| 2003 | #3,119 | 30 |
| 2002 | #3,909 | 21 |
| 2001 | #3,321 | 26 |
| 2000 | #5,297 | 13 |
| 1999 | #4,537 | 15 |
| 1998 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #4,668 | 13 |
| 1996 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #4,447 | 13 |
| 1992 | #3,604 | 17 |
| 1991 | #4,005 | 14 |
| 1990 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #2,787 | 16 |
| 1982 | #2,709 | 17 |
| 1981 | #2,569 | 18 |
| 1980 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #2,777 | 16 |
| 1978 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #3,471 | 10 |
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| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
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| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
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First appearance
1972
The first year at least five boys were named Nitin! It came in at #4,986, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1972–1973, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Nitin is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Nitin in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Nitin
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 1981 at #2,569 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 4 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 65,845
- Highest: 1 in 65,845 boys born in 2003 were named Nitin (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 349,896 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,569 in 1981, was only 1 in 99,510 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 36.2% of all boys named Nitin (231) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 68 | #2,669 (1978) | #3,444 |
| 1980s | 126 | #2,569 (1981) | #3,650 |
| 1990s | 120 | #3,604 (1992) | #4,974 |
| 2000s | 231 | #3,119 (2003) | #4,041 |
| 2010s | 80 | #4,678 (2010) | #7,750 |
| 2020s | 14 | #8,067 (2020) | #10,107 |
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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