Nigel
- Last seen for girls in 1994 at #10,569
- #2,077 for boys in 2025, 71 births
- Given to boys 99.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1994 · 448 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 12,286since 1929
Nigel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Nigel has never cracked the top 400 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 | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,077 | 71 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,190 | 66 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,047 | 73 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,094 | 71 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,721 | 94 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,849 | 80 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,548 | 108 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,401 | 125 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,219 | 150 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,254 | 146 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,111 | 173 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,188 | 155 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,090 | 170 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,065 | 178 | |
| 2011 | — | #998 | 194 | |
| 2010 | — | #933 | 216 | |
| 2009 | — | #856 | 249 | |
| 2008 | — | #809 | 271 | |
| 2007 | — | #742 | 303 | |
| 2006 | — | #707 | 309 | |
| 2005 | — | #733 | 276 | |
| 2004 | — | #766 | 237 | |
| 2003 | — | #706 | 266 | |
| 2002 | — | #667 | 280 | |
| 2001 | — | #622 | 305 | |
| 2000 | — | #577 | 349 | |
| 1999 | — | #555 | 361 | |
| 1998 | — | #537 | 373 | |
| 1997 | — | #534 | 372 | |
| 1996 | — | #523 | 383 | |
| 1995 | — | #507 | 405 | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #477 | 448 |
| 1993 | — | #487 | 432 | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #519 | 384 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #567 | 318 |
| 1990 | — | #570 | 315 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #578 | 286 |
| 1988 | — | #611 | 240 | |
| 1987 | — | #635 | 208 | |
| 1986 | — | #621 | 208 | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #632 | 194 |
| 1984 | — | #703 | 154 | |
| 1983 | — | #673 | 161 | |
| 1982 | — | #720 | 145 | |
| 1981 | — | #616 | 191 | |
| 1980 | — | #675 | 165 | |
| 1979 | — | #718 | 145 | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #778 | 117 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | #705 | 146 |
| 1976 | — | #748 | 123 | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #719 | 132 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #847 | 90 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #810 | 95 |
| 1972 | — | #851 | 89 | |
| 1971 | — | #828 | 95 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,093 | 56 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,042 | 55 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,131 | 44 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,117 | 44 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,613 | 23 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,483 | 27 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,487 | 28 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,695 | 22 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,546 | 26 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,570 | 26 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,728 | 22 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,709 | 22 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,593 | 24 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,457 | 29 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,091 | 15 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,503 | 26 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,706 | 20 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,531 | 10 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,376 | 11 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,580 | 9 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,690 | 5 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,608 | 9 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,096 | 7 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,173 | 6 | |
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| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
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| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
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| 1934 | — | #2,973 | 7 | |
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| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
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| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | — | |
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| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1929
The first year at least five boys were named Nigel! It came in at #3,559, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1930–1933, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Nigel is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- South Carolina#743 · 1 in 4,240
- Florida#1,478 · 1 in 13,648
- California#1,998 · 1 in 25,068
- Texas#2,574 · 1 in 35,010
Best ever in a state: #153 in District of Columbia, 1998.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #743 | 5 | 1 in 4,240 |
| Florida | #1,478 | 7 | 1 in 13,648 |
| California | #1,998 | 7 | 1 in 25,068 |
| Texas | #2,574 | 5 | 1 in 35,010 |
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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
- 113 spots since 2024 (#2,190 → #2,077)
- 228 spots since 2020 (#1,849 → #2,077)
- Biggest jump: 265 spots in 1971
- Biggest drop: 104 spots in 1982
Rise & fade · boys
65 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1929
- Peaked 1994 at #477 (448 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 41 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1971–2011
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,313
- Highest: 1 in 4,313 boys born in 1994 were named Nigel (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 24,057 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 30.9% of all boys named Nigel (3,791) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | #3,559 (1929) | #3,559 |
| 1930s | 12 | #2,973 (1934) | #3,261 |
| 1940s | 34 | #2,608 (1948) | #3,088 |
| 1950s | 171 | #1,457 (1957) | #2,126 |
| 1960s | 317 | #1,042 (1969) | #1,441 |
| 1970s | 1,088 | #705 (1977) | #810 |
| 1980s | 1,952 | #578 (1989) | #646 |
| 1990s | 3,791 | #477 (1994) | #528 |
| 2000s | 2,845 | #577 (2000) | #719 |
| 2010s | 1,615 | #933 (2010) | #1,181 |
| 2020s | 455 | #1,721 (2021) | #1,996 |
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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