How rare is the name Nitin?

3,834 people in the United States have the first name Nitin, about 1 in 78,777. It ranks #4,737 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

NITIN

#4,737

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,834
About
1 in 78,777
This common or more
84.4%
Who bears it

Of the 3,834 people named Nitin, 96.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.5% as White. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Nitin peaked in 2003, when 30 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19722021
Peak year
2003
Births that year
30
In 2021
5 ▼83%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 639 babies have been given the name since 1972. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Nitin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #8,640. The largest share of babies named Nitin, 49.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#10,27368
1980s#8,640126
1990s#11,514120
2000s#9,112231
2010s#19,21380
2020s#30,18314
Generation X 1965–8012.7%
Millennials 1981–9630.7%
Generation Z 1997–1249.3%
2013 and later7.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Nitin

2 other first names also have 3,834 people.

#4,737 Aram · 3,834#4,737 Elan · 3,834

Either side of Nitin

#4,737 Aram · 3,834#4,737 Elan · 3,834#4,740 Bayleigh · 3,833#4,740 Camelia · 3,833

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nitin, most common first.

#13,106 Nithin · 931

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