Nikhil

maleStatistical record

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

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

Nikhil: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #346 in 1999, and it stood at #1,758 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#346highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#445
1997	#386
1998	#424
1999	#346
2000	#351
2001	#396
2002	#436
2003	#586
2004	#566
2005	#544
2006	#515
2007	#509
2008	#626
2009	#563
2010	#625
2011	#652
2012	#695
2013	#872
2014	#866
2015	#856
2016	#994
2017	#1470
2018	#1610
2019	#1506
2020	#1723
2021	#1782
2022	#1609
2023	#2813
2024	#1758

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

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #445 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #346 among boys in England and Wales, in 1999 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1758 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Nikhil by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Nikhil in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	222	4 of 10	56
2000sbusiest	541	10 of 10	54
2010s	331	10 of 10	33
2020s	62	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 54 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Nikhil appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #346 in England and Wales in 1999.

Nikhil'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	male	#1758	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1609	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1782	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1723	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1506	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1470	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#994	29	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#856	36	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#866	34	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#872	34	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#695	48	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#652	50	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#625	52	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#563	59	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#626	50	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#509	63	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#515	59	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#544	49	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#566	45	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#586	38	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#436	51	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#396	58	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#351	69	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#346	70	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#424	50	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#386	58	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#445	44	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #346, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 70 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,758position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
70births registered in its largest year, 199950 to 99 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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Aleeza · #347, 28y
Jaran · #347, 26y
Ole-Jørgen · #347, 24y
Ismaeel · #344, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aris · #346, 26y
Bowen · #346, 27y
Dawud · #346, 29y
Fiza · #346, 27y

Nikhil was ranked #346 in England and Wales · Boys in 1999. 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.

Nikhil 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 Nikhil without appearing here.

Nikhil moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #5119.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #4270.
Keith Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #2325 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #3688.
Ross Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #2160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #3254.

Moved ahead of Nikhil

Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1609 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #1363.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1609 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #1461.
Marius Compare
In 2016 they stood at #994 and #1319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1470 and #888.
Darragh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1610 and #1991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1506 and #974.

Moved the opposite way to Nikhil

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nikhil went from #445 to #1758 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nikhil went from #445 to #1758 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nikhil went from #445 to #1758 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nikhil went from #445 to #1758 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Nikhil

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nikhil went from #445 to #1758 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nikhil went from #445 to #1758 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nikhil went from #445 to #1758 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nikhil went from #445 to #1758 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #346 in England and Wales in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nikhil

Nikhil at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nikhil by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Nikhil at a glance

Nikhil by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Nikhil appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Nikhil

Nikhil and the names beside it

Nikhil moved ahead of

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