Nihaal
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ni-HAAL
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,138 for boys
Nihaal is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “delighted; young sapling”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).
What does Nihaal mean?
Persian: spelling of Nihal; from Persian nihal, sapling; in Hindi and Punjabi it came to mean delighted
“delighted; young sapling”
Used in Indian, especially Sikh and Hindu, families; in Turkey Nihal is a girl's name meaning young sapling.
Meaning borrowed from Nihal.
Is Nihaal a girl's or a boy's name?
Nihaal is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 25 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nihaal in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,342nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Nihaal, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 20 boys.
Half of all the boys named Nihaal in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 41 boys in the UK were given Nihaal or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #766, up from #2,342 for this spelling alone.
- Nihal 31
- Nihaal 10
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Nihaal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,582 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
How popular is Nihaal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,138th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 68,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Nihaal, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had the most boys named Nihaal of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Nihaal in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 67 boys in the US were given Nihaal or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,863, up from #4,138 for this spelling alone.
- Nihal 42
- Nihaal 25
Nihaal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,138 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
Names like Nihaal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Ayaan, Zayaan, Muhammad, Yahya, Zayan, Arham, Aahil, Rayyan, Zayd, Hamza, Umar
Other spellings of Nihaal
Names related to Nihaal
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nihaal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nihaal, updated 20 October 2026.