Meaning and history
From Sanskrit निशान्त (niśānta), meaning “night’s end” or “dawn.”
20042004: no US SSA record for this spelling
2005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: 24 births, rank #4,001
2007: 23 births, rank #4,243
2008: 24 births, rank #4,145
20092009: 20 births, rank #4,748
2010: 17 births, rank #5,251
2011: 18 births, rank #4,983
2012: 13 births, rank #6,306
2013: 16 births, rank #5,404
20142014: 15 births, rank #5,733
2015: no US SSA record for this spelling
2016: 10 births, rank #7,605
2017: 7 births, rank #9,696
2018: 7 births, rank #9,670
20192019: 7 births, rank #9,756
2020: 6 births, rank #10,605
2021: 5 births, rank #12,146
2022: 5 births, rank #12,330
20232023: 8 births, rank #8,921
In 2023, 8 babies were recorded with the name Nishant, ranking #8,921 among boys.