Nhi
Nhi is a name with a single cultural origin: Vietnamese.
- Vietnamese
Meaning & Origin of Nhi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nhi is a name with a single cultural origin: Vietnamese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Vietnamese
The Story of Nhi
American parents first put Nhi on the record books as a baby girl name in 1979, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1999, when 43 Nhis were born — ranking #3,048 that year. About 33% of every Nhi on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Nhi ranks #8,218 for baby girls with 12 births, holding steady (+1%). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Nhi
Nhi is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Nhi's peak popularity came in 1999 when it ranked #2,799. Use the chart and map above to compare Nhi's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.