Nima
A boys’ name of Persian origin, meaning snow.
Babies a year
6
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3256
6 babies
Nima by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Nima. In the US, 21 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 41 babies in 1990, making it a 1990s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nima. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean snow or ice
Like Nima, each of these has snow or ice in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Nima
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