Nirmal
Nirmal is a city and the district headquarters of Nirmal district in the Indian state of Telangana. It is famed for its toys made out of wood.
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Tamil
- Telugu
Meaning & Origin of Nirmal
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nirmal is a city and the district headquarters of Nirmal district in the Indian state of Telangana. It is famed for its toys made out of wood.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Kannada
- Nepali
The Story of Nirmal
The earliest SSA record of Nirmal as a baby boy name dates back to 1989, when 5 babies received it. 1995 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Nirmal — #7,790 in the national rankings. About 53% of every Nirmal on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Nirmal last appeared in the published SSA data in 2005, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 32 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Popularity by State
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About the name Nirmal
Nirmal is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1989 and has accumulated 32 births in the dataset. Nirmal's peak popularity came in 1995 when it ranked #7,790. Use the chart and map above to compare Nirmal'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 .
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