unisex name

Nim

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 3
  • Births on record 33

Nim is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 15% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 1925 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1925, when 7 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1885.

Nim over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 1920s. The striped bar is the 1920s, still in progress — it covers 1920 to 1925, not a full ten years.

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Births named Nim by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 6
1910s 5
1920s (to 1925) 17

How popular is Nim?

In 1925, Nim was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Nim is used

United States #3,688 7 in 1925
France #7,287 5 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Nim

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Nim also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Nim over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Nim

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Nim — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Nim

How popular is the name Nim?

In 1925, Nim was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Nim a girl's or a boy's name?

Nim is used for both girls and boys. About 15% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Nim most popular?

Nim peaked in 1925, when 7 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.