Nilam
Nilam is a name with multiple cultural origins: Hindi, Marathi.
- Hindi
- Marathi
Meaning & Origin of Nilam
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nilam is a name with multiple cultural origins: Hindi, Marathi.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hindi
- Marathi
The Story of Nilam
American parents first put Nilam on the record books as a baby girl name in 1974, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1981, when 12 Nilams were born — ranking #5,572 that year. About 50% of every Nilam on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Nilam last appeared in the published SSA data in 1996, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 76 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Nilam
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Nilam. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Nilam
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About the name Nilam
Nilam is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 76 births in the dataset. Nilam's peak popularity came in 1981 when it ranked #5,572. Use the chart and map above to compare Nilam'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.