Nihar
Boy · nee-HAHR · Sanskrit
Nihar is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “mist, fog”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Nihar mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit nihara, used in Hindi and Bengali
“mist, fog”
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- nee-HAHR
Is Nihar a girl's or a boy's name?
Nihar is a boys' name.
How popular is Nihar in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the boys named Nihar in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nihar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
Names like Nihar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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