# Nikhil (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nikhil/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,404 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,404 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,167, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit निखिल (nikhila).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 190 | 1,016 |
| 2012 | 158 | 1,158 |
| 2013 | 156 | 1,158 |
| 2014 | 173 | 1,107 |
| 2015 | 124 | 1,393 |
| 2016 | 93 | 1,691 |
| 2017 | 90 | 1,732 |
| 2018 | 79 | 1,895 |
| 2019 | 65 | 2,184 |
| 2020 | 70 | 2,039 |
| 2021 | 68 | 2,127 |
| 2022 | 54 | 2,547 |
| 2023 | 44 | 2,877 |
| 2024 | 53 | 2,547 |
| 2025 | 44 | 2,869 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 50 | 652 |
| 2012 | 48 | 695 |
| 2013 | 34 | 872 |
| 2014 | 34 | 866 |
| 2015 | 36 | 856 |
| 2016 | 29 | 994 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,470 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,506 |
| 2020 | 13 | 1,723 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1,782 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,609 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 14 | 1,758 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,133 |

## People named Nikhil

- Nikhil Advani, director
- Nikhil Kanetkar, badminton player
- Nikhil Dutta, Canadian cricketer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.