Nihaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- nih-HAHN
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Nihaan is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
Where does Nihaan come from?
Modern Indian name, possibly from Persian nihan 'hidden'
Is Nihaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Nihaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nihaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Nihaan, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 4 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Nihaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
How popular is Nihaan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Nihaan, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2015.
Half of all the boys named Nihaan in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nihaan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
Names like Nihaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Vihaan, Ivaan, Nivaan, Nirvaan, Avyaan, Aarav, Shivansh, Vivaan, Krishiv, Gurbaaz, Nirvair, Navaan
Names related to Nihaan
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, “Nihaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nihaan, updated 20 October 2026.