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Nima

#5,336 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Nima has been given to 1,421 babies in the U.S. since 1971. In 2025 it ranked #5,336 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1990, with 41 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 74% boys, 26% girls all-time.

Babies named Nima, 2025

1 in 184,000

Nima over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Nima over time

In 2025, Nima went to 31% girls and 69% boys.

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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.

Nima: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nima means

Nima has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Nima

One of the source’s documented entries for Nima records a meaning of blessing.

One of the source’s documented entries for Nima records a proposed meaning of just, fair or half moon.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,052 boys were recorded with the name Nima between 1971 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 41 in 1990; its best national rank was #1,613 in 1982.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,890 in 2020 to #5,336 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,296 in 2015 to #5,336 in 2025.

In the United States, 369 girls were recorded with the name Nima between 1921 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2013; its best national rank was #4,572 in 1928.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,470 in 2020 to #11,639 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,318 in 2015 to #11,639 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.

How common is Nima?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 184,000
18 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 94,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,336
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
127,662 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Nima sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 127,662 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nima. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nimas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nima was born before 1995 — so the typical Nima is around 30 today.

Median birth year
1995
About 30 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
29.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
33.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,052
People you could plausibly meet
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1990s — 29.4% of all recorded uses (309).

Is Nima 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
+1,042
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+554
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+4,960
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.57×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
43.9%
Peak was 1990 (41)
Years since peak
35
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,613
1982

Spellings of Nima

Nima is not the most common spelling — Jim is, with 32.5% against Nima's 0.22%.

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 Nima is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Nima was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 107,015 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Maryland1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —

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. Nima has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Nima is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Nima was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,287,539 across all states with data.

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Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Nima has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Nima around the world

Where Nima 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
    1996–2025
    #3,256
    in 2025
  • France
    1980–2025
    #2,690
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #2,855
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1987–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Nima by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,336
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 554
Best rank ever
#1,613
1982
Peak year
1990
41 that year
First recorded
1971
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,052
Count in 2025
18

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#11,639
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,169
Best rank ever
#4,572
1928
Peak year
2013
16 that year
First recorded
1921
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
369
Count in 2025
8

Names similar to Nima

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

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Sibling names for Nima

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

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