Neilson
- Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863
- Peak · boys
- 1975 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 218since 1927
Neilson over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Neilson has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 6 boys in 1927 (see the data table).
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1974 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
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| 1954 | #3,827 | 5 |
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| 1927 | #3,780 | 6 |
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First appearance
1927
The first year at least five boys were named Neilson! It came in at #3,780, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1928–1969, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Neilson is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Neilson in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Neilson
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · boys
48 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1927
- Peaked 1975 at #2,637 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 104,090
- Highest: 1 in 104,090 boys born in 1975 were named Neilson (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 291,001 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 34.9% of all boys named Neilson (76) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | #3,780 (1927) | #3,780 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 5 | #3,827 (1954) | #3,827 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 76 | #2,637 (1975) | #4,031 |
| 1980s | 46 | #4,333 (1985) | #5,571 |
| 1990s | 39 | #6,228 (1993) | #7,687 |
| 2000s | 23 | #8,339 (2001) | #10,538 |
| 2010s | 17 | #9,670 (2018) | #11,382 |
| 2020s | 6 | #10,863 (2022) | #10,863 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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