Nizhoni
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nih-ZHOH-nee
- Origin
- Native American
- US rank, 2025
- #4,545 for girls
Nizhoni is a girls' name of Native American origin, meaning “beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).
What does Nizhoni mean?
Native American: Navajo nizhoni
“beautiful”
From the Navajo word nizhoni, meaning beautiful.
Is Nizhoni a girl's or a boy's name?
Nizhoni is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nizhoni in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 54,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Nizhoni, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 39 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
2025 had more girls named Nizhoni than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Nizhoni in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nizhoni in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 39 | #3,788 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 36 | #4,074 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,150 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 35 | #4,268 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,103 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
Names like Nizhoni
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nalani Kailani Kalani Kaylani Alani Meilani Malani Milani Naylani Noa Nayeli Kehlani
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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, “Nizhoni: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nizhoni, updated 20 October 2026.