Given name

Nischay

Nischay is a masculine given name from Sanskrit.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Nischay comes from Sanskrit.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Sanskrit निश्चय.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2024. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Nischay through the years

Babies since 1880
8
8 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2024
8 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
—
Too few births to compare
02462025Highest share 20240.0
Nischay in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2024–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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Sibling ideas

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