Meaning and history
Nikhil is a name derived from Sanskrit निखिल (nikhila), meaning “whole” or “entire.”
20062006: 223 births, rank #885
2007: 261 births, rank #820
2008: 241 births, rank #877
2009: 244 births, rank #864
2010: 192 births, rank #1,015
20112011: 190 births, rank #1,012
2012: 158 births, rank #1,155
2013: 156 births, rank #1,155
2014: 173 births, rank #1,102
2015: 124 births, rank #1,388
20162016: 93 births, rank #1,687
2017: 90 births, rank #1,725
2018: 79 births, rank #1,886
2019: 65 births, rank #2,170
2020: 70 births, rank #2,024
20212021: 68 births, rank #2,109
2022: 54 births, rank #2,517
2023: 44 births, rank #2,848
2024: 53 births, rank #2,527
20252025: 44 births, rank #2,833
Nikhil rose from #881 to #865 for boys between 2008 and 2009. Its highest annual birth count came in 2007, with 261 births.