Nishant

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Meaning

Nishānt or Nishanth is an Indian male name derived from the sandhi of Sanskrit words niśā meaning ‘night’ and anta meaning ‘end’, lit. 'End of night'.

From Wikipedia

Nishant first appears in the data in 1979 and has been recorded in 44 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2001 with 27 babies (rank #3,299 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Nishant

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Nishant yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

615
Total babies (all years)
44
Years in the data
27
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
197912#3,502
198010#4,046
19817#5,320
198215#3,063
19835#6,995
198412#3,613
198511#3,968
19867#5,752
19879#4,845
19889#5,090
198913#4,209
19908#6,249
199117#3,579
199216#3,866
199318#3,602
199418#3,710
199516#3,998
199617#3,969
199716#4,181
199811#5,726
199914#4,951
200023#3,609
200127#3,299
200213#5,634
200319#4,382
200423#3,966
200524#3,904
200624#4,068
200723#4,325
200824#4,228
200920#4,877
201017#5,410
201118#5,137
201213#6,555
201316#5,570
201415#5,913
201610#7,985
20177#10,470
20187#10,424
20197#10,491
20206#11,579
20215#13,504
20225#13,761
20238#9,495