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How popular is the name Nikhil?
Births per year, rank history and how many Nikhils are alive today.
Nikhil (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2133rd in 2025 and given to 11 babies. The name peaked in 1999, when 70 babies were given the name, the 346th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2007, with 63 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 1999; the 2025 figure is roughly 16% of its peak.
The Nikhil you are most likely to meet is around 26 years old. Half of all Nikhils born in England and Wales are between 16 and 29, and there are at least 1,400 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Nikhil - on average, only one in every 217 such rooms contains a Nikhil.
How many babies are named Nikhil each year?
Where does Nikhil rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Nikhil most popular?
Nikhil peaked in 1999, when 70 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Nikhil?
At least 1,400 people named Nikhil born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Nikhil?
Most living Nikhils are between 16 and 29; the most common age is about 26.
Is Nikhil becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1999 peak.