Niel
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1958 · 26 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,384since 1913
Niel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Niel has never cracked the top 1,000 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.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #6,479 | 13 |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,157 | 11 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #8,324 | 9 |
| 2007 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #5,390 | 13 |
| 2000 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #3,131 | 15 |
| 1985 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #2,824 | 16 |
| 1983 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #3,412 | 12 |
| 1980 | #2,367 | 21 |
| 1979 | #3,018 | 14 |
| 1978 | #2,279 | 20 |
| 1977 | #2,556 | 17 |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #2,199 | 19 |
| 1973 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #2,464 | 15 |
| 1970 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #1,625 | 23 |
| 1964 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1963 | #1,957 | 17 |
| 1962 | #1,669 | 23 |
| 1961 | #2,070 | 16 |
| 1960 | #1,728 | 22 |
| 1959 | #1,665 | 23 |
| 1958 | #1,534 | 26 |
| 1957 | #1,751 | 21 |
| 1956 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1955 | #1,611 | 23 |
| 1954 | #1,668 | 21 |
| 1953 | #1,551 | 24 |
| 1952 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #1,683 | 20 |
| 1950 | #1,572 | 22 |
| 1949 | #1,702 | 19 |
| 1948 | #1,881 | 16 |
| 1947 | #1,555 | 23 |
| 1946 | #1,692 | 18 |
| 1945 | #1,536 | 19 |
| 1944 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #2,074 | 13 |
| 1942 | #1,730 | 17 |
| 1941 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #1,573 | 19 |
| 1939 | #1,636 | 17 |
| 1938 | #1,559 | 19 |
| 1937 | #1,828 | 15 |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 15 |
| 1935 | #2,127 | 12 |
| 1934 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1932 | #1,922 | 15 |
| 1931 | #1,693 | 18 |
| 1930 | #1,821 | 17 |
| 1929 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #2,298 | 13 |
| 1926 | #1,981 | 16 |
| 1925 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #2,152 | 15 |
| 1920 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | #2,511 | 11 |
| 1918 | #2,699 | 10 |
| 1917 | #1,900 | 16 |
| 1916 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,273 | 7 |
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| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1913
The first year at least five boys were named Niel! It came in at #2,273, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1914, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Niel is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Niel in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Niel
Momentum · boys
Brand new
Rise & fade · boys
45 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1958 at #1,534 (26 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 8 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 57,759
- Highest: 1 in 57,759 boys born in 1931 were named Niel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,534 in 1958, was only 1 in 81,631 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 15.4% of all boys named Niel (213) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 58 | #1,900 (1917) | #2,607 |
| 1920s | 109 | #1,981 (1926) | #2,691 |
| 1930s | 154 | #1,559 (1938) | #1,841 |
| 1940s | 169 | #1,536 (1945) | #1,784 |
| 1950s | 213 | #1,534 (1958) | #1,695 |
| 1960s | 168 | #1,625 (1965) | #2,063 |
| 1970s | 136 | #2,199 (1974) | #2,896 |
| 1980s | 129 | #2,367 (1980) | #3,646 |
| 1990s | 86 | #4,290 (1994) | #6,382 |
| 2000s | 73 | #5,390 (2001) | #8,573 |
| 2010s | 61 | #7,157 (2016) | #9,327 |
| 2020s | 28 | #6,479 (2022) | #10,718 |
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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