Niam
#1,441 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Niam has been given to 1,798 babies in the U.S. since 1993. In 2025 it ranked #1,441 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 169 recorded.
Babies named Niam, 2025
1 in 26,500
Niam over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Niam?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 26,500
- 125 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 13,700
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #1,441
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 18,384 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Niam sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 18,384 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Niam. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Niams were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Niam was born before 2019 — so the typical Niam is around 6 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 49.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 99.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,798
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 49.8% of all recorded uses (896).
Is Niam rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +3
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −147
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −63
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.99×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 74.0%
- Peak was 2021 (169)
- Years since peak
- 4
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 28.1% average annual change
Spellings of Niam
Niam is not the most common spelling — Adam is, with 24.5% against Niam's 0.08%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Niam is used
Across 2016–2025, Niam was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in 3,030 boys, against 1 in 10,685 across all states with data. It was least common in Michigan (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1New Jersey1 in 3,030
- 2Illinois1 in 4,762
- 3Virginia1 in 8,333
- 4California1 in 9,091
- 5Georgia1 in 9,091
- 6Massachusetts1 in 9,091
- 7New York1 in 9,091
- 8Maryland1 in 12,500
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Niam around the world
Where Niam ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales1996–2025#1,613in 2025
- Canada2005–2024#697in 2024
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Niam by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Niam
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Niam
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.