NameTides

Nihan

Nihan was the #5,554 girls' name in the US in 2025 (22 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales.

Nihan as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Nihan as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Nihan as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
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 & Wales
2025#5,554 (22)#3,333 (7)
2024#5,021 (26)#5,892 (3)
2023#8,486 (12)#3,219 (7)
2022#4,582 (30)#5,670 (3)
2021#3,435 (45)#3,961 (5)
2020#2,597 (65)#5,493 (3)
2019#9,112 (11)#5,591 (3)
2018—#4,684 (4)

Nihan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Nihan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & Wales
Nihan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesIrelandCanada
2025—#2,664 (8)—#2,527 (7)
2024#8,312 (9)#2,444 (9)#785 (3)—
2023#10,821 (6)#3,524 (5)——
2022#8,990 (8)#4,002 (4)——
2021#8,166 (9)#2,493 (8)——
2020#10,605 (6)#4,608 (3)——
2019—#4,702 (3)——
2017#9,696 (7)———
2016#7,605 (10)#4,810 (3)——
2015#6,676 (12)#4,747 (3)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #2,597.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2019.
  • In 2024, 74% of US babies named Nihan were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 71,000 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 71,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Nihan is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 100,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 38,000 to 1 in 280,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NihanCanadaBoys#2,5277
NihanEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
NihanEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
NihanIrelandBoys—too few
NihanUSGirls#5,55422
NihanUSBoys—too few