Nalin
Boy · NAH-lin · Sanskrit
Nalin is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “lotus”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Nalin mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit nalina 'lotus'
“lotus”
From the Sanskrit word nalina, meaning lotus.
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- NAH-lin
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Is Nalin a girl's or a boy's name?
Nalin is a boys' name.
How popular is Nalin in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Nalin in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nalin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
Names like Nalin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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