girl's name

Nimah

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 216

Nimah is a girl's name. In 2024 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2017, when 20 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1993.

Nimah over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.

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'90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Nimah by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1990s 16
2000s 37
2010s 56
2020s (to 2024) 38

How popular is Nimah?

In 2024, Nimah was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Nimah is used

France #6,412 5 in 2020
England & Wales #6,859 3 in 2025
United States #16,045 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 Nimah

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

Parents who like Nimah also like

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

Sibling names for Nimah

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

Common questions about Nimah

How popular is the name Nimah?

In 2024, Nimah was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Nimah is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Nimah most popular?

Nimah peaked in 2017, when 20 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Nimah a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Nimah currently ranks #6,859 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.