NameTides

Niam

Niam was the #1,436 boys' name in the US in 2025 (125 babies), and #1,613 in England & Wales and #885 in Canada.

Niam as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Niam as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Niam as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,436 (125)#1,613 (16)#885 (29)
2024#1,438 (126)#1,282 (21)#729 (36)
2023#1,390 (133)#2,008 (11)#710 (36)
2022#1,440 (126)#1,314 (20)#561 (48)
2021#1,168 (169)#871 (35)#574 (49)
2020#1,288 (141)#1,492 (16)#967 (23)
2019#1,394 (127)#908 (32)#798 (30)
2018#1,324 (137)#1,040 (27)#964 (23)
2017#1,365 (130)#1,042 (28)#789 (31)
2016#1,216 (155)#974 (30)#938 (24)
2015#1,374 (126)#833 (37)#1,071 (19)
2014#1,492 (108)#1,281 (20)#954 (23)
2013#2,804 (41)#1,183 (21)#2,086 (7)
2012#3,530 (30)#1,507 (16)#1,466 (12)
2011#4,356 (22)#1,024 (26)#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #1,168.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1993.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 17,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Niam is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 15,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 19,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Niam by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #632ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,004PANew Jersey: #576NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,197CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #825NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,347TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Niam (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#48825

Niam (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NiamCanadaBoys#88529
NiamEngland & WalesBoys#1,61316
NiamUSBoys#1,436125