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Nithin

Boy · nih-TIN · Sanskrit

Nithin is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “one versed in ethics”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).

What does Nithin mean?

Sanskrit: South Indian spelling of Nitin, from Sanskrit niti 'conduct, ethics'

“one versed in ethics”

Say it
nih-TIN

Is Nithin a girl's or a boy's name?

Nithin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Nithin in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 5 boys.

2001Busiest: 5 in 20062022
Nithin in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20221#6,413
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20165#3,655
20150–
20145#3,529
20130–
20125#3,572
20110–
20103#4,865
20093#4,691
20080–
20073#4,486
20065#3,013
20053#3,992
20043#3,792
20033#3,593
20020–
20013#3,255

How popular is Nithin in the US?

Rank in 2025
#12,003among boys
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 340,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Nithin, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2004, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.

2025 had more boys named Nithin than any year since 2019.

Half of all the boys named Nithin in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.

1989Busiest: 26 in 20042025
Nithin in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20255#12,003
20240–
20230–
20220–
20210–
20200–
20198#8,883
201813#6,341
20178#8,835
201616#5,551
201510#7,486
20147#9,636
20136#10,722
201211#7,044
20118#8,760
201018#5,044
200919#4,920
200824#4,142
200719#4,806
200621#4,366
200525#3,706
200426#3,530
200319#4,271
200222#3,789
200115#4,884
200010#6,309
199913#5,029
199812#5,153
19979#6,094
19966#7,964
19950–
19947#6,962
19930–
19925#8,426
19916#7,263
19900–
19895#7,898

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