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How popular is the name Nishaan?

Births per year, rank history and how many Nishaans are alive today.

Nishaan (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2664th in 2025 and given to 8 babies. The name peaked in 2017, when 12 babies were given the name, the 1923rd most popular that year.

The Nishaan you are most likely to meet is around 10 years old. Half of all Nishaans born in England and Wales are between 7 and 20, and there are at least 200 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 Nishaan - on average, only one in every 1,515 such rooms contains a Nishaan.

How many babies are named Nishaan each year?

0510200020201996: 32001: 32005: 52006: 62007: 62008: 102009: 92010: 82011: 72012: 112013: 42014: 82015: 82016: 112017: 122018: 32019: 72020: 72021: 112022: 112023: 32024: 52025: 8actual

Where does Nishaan rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,8632001: ranked 3,1342005: ranked 2,7542006: ranked 2,5382007: ranked 2,7412008: ranked 1,9532009: ranked 2,1262010: ranked 2,4002011: ranked 2,6132012: ranked 1,9622013: ranked 3,8222014: ranked 2,4592015: ranked 2,4832016: ranked 2,0272017: ranked 1,9232018: ranked 4,7492019: ranked 2,7282020: ranked 2,6822021: ranked 1,9842022: ranked 2,0192023: ranked 4,9922024: ranked 3,6892025: ranked 2,664

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.

Chart: babies named Nishaan per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 12 in 2017
Nishaan: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Nishaan most popular?

Nishaan peaked in 2017, when 12 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Nishaan?

At least 200 people named Nishaan born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Nishaan?

Most living Nishaans are between 7 and 20; the most common age is about 10.

Is Nishaan becoming more or less popular?

Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.






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