How Many People Are Named Nikhil?
people named Nikhil are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 64,560 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,404 babies named Nikhil in Social Security records from 1971 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
261 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "whole, entire" in Sanskrit.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nikhil in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nikhil alive today is about 21 years old, and 82% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 27 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nikhil first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 2007, to 261 babies. In 2025, 44 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nikhil has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #811, in 1999. In 2025 it ranked #2,868.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,868 |
| Best rank | #811 (1999) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #869 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nikhil alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nikhil were born in California than in any other state: about 1,033 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nikhil was given 4.3 times as often in New Jersey, 2.5 times in Massachusetts and 2 times in California.
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