Given name
Nilam
“resembling a precious blue stone”
Nilam is used as a given name. One Arabic interpretation is “resembling a precious blue stone.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “resembling a precious blue stone.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nilam through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 76
- 0 boys · 76 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1996. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 680 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nilam’s family of names
Nilam has a related form in Neelam. Nilam has a related form in Nilima. Nilam has a related form in Nealam.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Nilam
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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