Nissim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- nee-SEEM
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Nissim is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “miracles”. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Nissim mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew word
“miracles”
Hebrew for miracles; a traditional Sephardi and Mizrahi name, borne by the medieval Catalan rabbi Nissim of Gerona.
Is Nissim a girl's or a boy's name?
Nissim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nissim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 116% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Nissim, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. It first appears in the records in 1992.
2025 had the most boys named Nissim of any year since it first appeared, in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Nissim in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nissim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
Names like Nissim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Nissim
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Nissim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nissim, updated 20 October 2026.