Nihad

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From Arabic نِهَاد; literal meaning unconfirmed

Nihad has been given to 10 babies in the U.S. since 2010. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2010, with 5 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 50% girls, 50% boys all-time.

Babies named Nihad, 2010

1 in 739,000

Nihad over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Nihad over time

In 2025, Nihad went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

20102025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Nihad: meaning, origin, and history

From Arabic نِهَاد; literal meaning unconfirmed

Arabic

What Nihad means

Nihad is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Nihad is used in Serbo-Croatian. Its origins include Arabic.

Nihad comes through Arabic نِهَاد.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Nihad between 2010 and 2010. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2010; its best national rank was #19,064 in 2010.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Nihad between 2025 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2025; its best national rank was #13,331 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Nihad?

Nihad had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2010, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2010: 1 in 739,000; 5 of 3,695,928 births
Among girls only: 1 in 355,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2010: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 512,366 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Nihad sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2010 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 512,366 children born in 2010 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nihad. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nihads were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nihad was born before 2010 — so the typical Nihad is around 15 today.

Median birth year: 2010; About 15 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Nihad 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2010 (5)
Years since peak: 15; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #19,064; 2010

Spellings of Nihad

Nihad is not the most common spelling — Nina is, with 63.4% against Nihad's <0.01%.

Nina63.4%133,788
Nia12.0%25,422
Nita6.8%14,268
Nila3.4%7,136
Niya2.3%4,790
Neha2.1%4,351
Niyah1.4%3,001
Nisha1.4%2,994

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.

Nihad around the world

Where Nihad 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 & Wales
2006–2013
#5,742
in 2013
France
1982–2025
#2,506
in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Nihad by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #19,064; 2010
Peak year: 2010; 5 that year
First recorded: 2010
Last recorded: 2010
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #13,331
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #13,331; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 5 that year
First recorded: 2025
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Nihad

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Nihya Nihaal Nihana Jihad Gehad Nihasvi Suhad Nihla Thad Nashad Anhad Nihara Nihan Nihal Niha Nihitha Nihira Nihirareddy Shahad Rashad Raghad Niharika Chad

Sibling names for Nihad

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jordynn Hayleigh Heidy Carleigh Paityn Shaniya Jocelynn Lailah

For a brother

Jerimiah Rylee Jordyn Giovanny Zavier Tristian Aaden Chace

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