Niels
- #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
- Peak · boys
- 1893 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,462since 1893
Niels over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Niels 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 | #5,861 | 15 |
| 2024 | #6,199 | 14 |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #5,215 | 18 |
| 2021 | #7,587 | 10 |
| 2020 | #6,620 | 12 |
| 2019 | #6,104 | 14 |
| 2018 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #6,060 | 14 |
| 2016 | #4,624 | 21 |
| 2015 | #5,058 | 18 |
| 2014 | #5,252 | 17 |
| 2013 | #5,923 | 14 |
| 2012 | #5,720 | 15 |
| 2011 | #5,945 | 14 |
| 2010 | #5,251 | 17 |
| 2009 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #5,901 | 14 |
| 2006 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #5,558 | 13 |
| 2002 | #4,919 | 15 |
| 2001 | #3,842 | 21 |
| 2000 | #5,297 | 13 |
| 1999 | #4,762 | 14 |
| 1998 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #4,396 | 14 |
| 1995 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #4,020 | 15 |
| 1992 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #3,467 | 17 |
| 1989 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #2,710 | 18 |
| 1984 | #2,824 | 16 |
| 1983 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #2,680 | 17 |
| 1980 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #2,799 | 13 |
| 1973 | #2,311 | 17 |
| 1972 | #2,418 | 15 |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #1,989 | 20 |
| 1969 | #1,977 | 18 |
| 1968 | #1,836 | 19 |
| 1967 | #2,030 | 15 |
| 1966 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #1,987 | 16 |
| 1964 | #1,793 | 20 |
| 1963 | #2,115 | 15 |
| 1962 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1961 | #1,997 | 17 |
| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #1,974 | 17 |
| 1958 | #1,953 | 17 |
| 1957 | #1,411 | 31 |
| 1956 | #2,015 | 16 |
| 1955 | #1,725 | 20 |
| 1954 | #1,762 | 19 |
| 1953 | #2,099 | 14 |
| 1952 | #2,073 | 14 |
| 1951 | #2,246 | 12 |
| 1950 | #1,657 | 20 |
| 1949 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #1,943 | 15 |
| 1947 | #2,076 | 14 |
| 1946 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | #2,277 | 11 |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #2,522 | 11 |
| 1927 | #1,959 | 17 |
| 1926 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | #2,588 | 11 |
| 1924 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | #2,376 | 13 |
| 1920 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #2,423 | 11 |
| 1916 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #1,968 | 14 |
| 1914 | #1,868 | 12 |
| 1913 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #1,746 | 9 |
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| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
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| 1893 | #1,035 | 5 |
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First appearance
1893
The first year at least five boys were named Niels! It came in at #1,035, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1893–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Niels is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- California#2,471 · 1 in 35,095
Best ever in a state: #509 in New York, 1927.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #2,471 | 5 | 1 in 35,095 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 338 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #5,861)
- 759 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #5,861)
- 803 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #5,861)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1893 at #1,035 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1894, 1 yr 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 22,464
- Highest: 1 in 22,464 boys born in 1893 were named Niels (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 12.3% of all boys named Niels (180) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,035 (1893) | #1,035 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,233 (1905) | #1,233 |
| 1910s | 79 | #1,746 (1912) | #2,423 |
| 1920s | 110 | #1,959 (1927) | #2,675 |
| 1930s | 86 | #2,088 (1937) | #2,748 |
| 1940s | 92 | #1,943 (1948) | #2,621 |
| 1950s | 180 | #1,411 (1957) | #1,892 |
| 1960s | 156 | #1,793 (1964) | #2,158 |
| 1970s | 138 | #1,989 (1970) | #2,822 |
| 1980s | 128 | #2,680 (1981) | #3,588 |
| 1990s | 132 | #3,467 (1990) | #4,602 |
| 2000s | 124 | #3,842 (2001) | #6,479 |
| 2010s | 151 | #4,624 (2016) | #5,961 |
| 2020s | 76 | #5,215 (2022) | #6,874 |
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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