Nihan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Nihan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

2registrars recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
10years from first to last
#785highest recorded position
1grouping it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2018–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2018	#4684
2019	#5591
2020	#5493
2021	#3961
2022	#5669
2023	#3218
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 8 of the 10 years from 2015 to 2024.

In 2024: #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2443 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2015–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2015
First recorded at #4747 among boys in England and Wales in 2015 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Nihan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 8 years beginning in 2015, and has registered 38 births with the name.

Nihan across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Nihan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#4747 (2015)	#2443 (2024)	#2443 (2024)	8 of 10	38 (2015–2024)	9 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#4684 (2018)	#3218 (2023)	#5891 (2024)	7 of 7	28 (2018–2024)	7 (2023)

Nihan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Names recorded by exactly 2 registrars

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2015 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #785 in Republic of Ireland in 2024.

Nihan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2015 and 2024, ranked in 9 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #785, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 9 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

2decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 2 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#785position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
9 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 6 to 10 years →
1registrars publishing it in more than one category listIn one registrar's lists →
9births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Nihaal · #1322, 22y
Nihal · #692, 28y
Niharika · #3598, 18y
Nika · #608, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Abner · #785, 13y
Ahan · #785, 14y
Ayansh · #785, 12y
Kaio · #785, 11y

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2010 and 2019.

Ayansh · #785, 12y
Kaio · #785, 11y
Atarah · #790, 15y
Merida · #790, 12y

Nihan was ranked #785 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Nihan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Nihan without appearing here.

Nihan moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Einar Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4702 and #3411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2493 and #4789.
Aria Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4001 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Nihan

Yvonne Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4684 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #3541.
Kim Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4684 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #4686.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2015 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #785 in Republic of Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nihan

Nihan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nihan across 2 official records

Nihan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Names published alongside Nihan

Nihan and the names beside it

Nihan moved ahead of

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Nihan at a glance

Nihan across 2 official records

Nihan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Names published alongside Nihan

Nihan and the names beside it

Nihan moved ahead of

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