How Many People Are Named Nimah?
An estimated 145 people in the United States have the first name Nimah. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 13 years old, and Nimah peaked in popularity in 2017 with 20 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Nimah as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Nimah paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
145
About 1 in 2,363,823 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
13
years old
Peak Year
2017
20 births
Total Registered
147
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Nimah
Nimah is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 147 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Nimah as a female name
Ranked #16,952 in 2024
5 female births in 2024
Peak: 2017 (20 births)
Nimah: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Nimah span from the 1990s to the 2020s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 56 babies were registered. While Nimah is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Nimah by Decade
How has Nimah tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Nimah + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Nimah as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Nimah
Other first names starting with N with a similar number of bearers.
Nimah: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Nimah?
We estimate approximately 145 people named Nimah are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,363,823 Americans share this first name.
Is Nimah a common name?
Nimah is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 69.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 147 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Nimah most popular?
Nimah reached peak popularity in 2017, when 20 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Nimah is approximately 13 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Nimah a female name?
Nimah is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Nimah Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Nimah Smith, Nimah Johnson, Nimah Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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