Nishan
9
Babies in 2024
+50%
10-year change
2009
Peak · 10
+29%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Nishan
Nishan peaked among UK boys' names in the late 2000s (10 babies in 2009) and has remained in active use — 9 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Nishan reached its peak in 2009, when 10 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,981 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 9 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 25 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 142 boys have been officially registered with the name Nishan in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 60 boys were registered with the name, starting from 6 in 2014 and ending at 9 in 2024.