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Nikhil

Boys' name · Millennial-era · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~5,300 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#2,833 among boys
Births in 2025
44 5,404 since 1880
Typical age
20 years, median

Nikhil popularity over time

Nikhil rank by birth year, 1971–2025Nikhil ranked #3,370 in 1971 and #2,833 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #809, in 1999.#1,000#2,833best #809 in 199919801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1971–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Nikhil in 2007 than in any other year — 261 of them. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1971. Nikhil has ranked inside the top 1,000 in 13 years.

In 2025 it ranked #2,833 with 44 births. The ten-year change is -65%. Year on year the rank dropped by 306.

Babies named Nikhil per yearPeaks at 261 births in 2007.261 in 2007019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Nikhil?

An estimated 5,300 living Americans are called Nikhil. That is out of 5,404 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Nikhil?

Median age among living Nikhils: 20. More of them were born in the 2000s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Nikhil a millennial-era name.

Your Nikhil

Ages of living people named NikhilHalf of living Nikhils are older than 20 and half younger.median 2002040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Nikhil is most common

Nikhil is 2.1× as common in California as it is nationally. New York and New Jersey follow.

Where Nikhil is used more than average3 states use the name Nikhil more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 1.8× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 1.5× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 2.1× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Nikhil is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
California 150 2.1×
New York 61 1.8×
New Jersey 22 1.5×

Nikhil in England and Wales

ONS recorded 11 births named Nikhil in 2025, ranking it #2,133.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Nikhil comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit निखिल.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Notable people named Nikhil

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Nikhil Banerjee Indian sitar player 1931–1986 15
Nikhil Siddhartha Indian actor 1985 11
Nikhil Kanetkar badminton player 1979 10
Nikhil Upreti Nepalese actor and film director 1980 8
Nikhil Chopra Indian cricketer 1973 8
Nikhil Dutta Canadian cricketer 1994 8
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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