Nijel
- Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863
- Peak · boys
- 1999 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 338since 1987
Nijel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Nijel has never cracked the top 3,000 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 | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,781 | 8 |
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| 2012 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #7,692 | 10 |
| 2008 | #6,070 | 14 |
| 2007 | #4,996 | 18 |
| 2006 | #6,094 | 13 |
| 2005 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #5,395 | 13 |
| 2001 | #4,890 | 15 |
| 2000 | #3,922 | 20 |
| 1999 | #3,834 | 19 |
| 1998 | #4,413 | 15 |
| 1997 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #5,165 | 9 |
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| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
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First appearance
1987
The first year at least five boys were named Nijel! It came in at #6,089, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1988, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Nijel is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Nijel in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · boys
12 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1987
- Peaked 1999 at #3,834 (19 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 11 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 98,200
- Highest: 1 in 98,200 boys born in 2000 were named Nijel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 291,001 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,834 in 1999, was only 1 in 101,061 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 40.8% of all boys named Nijel (138) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1980s | 15 | #5,165 (1989) | #5,627 |
| 1990s | 109 | #3,834 (1999) | #5,398 |
| 2000s | 138 | #3,922 (2000) | #5,790 |
| 2010s | 63 | #7,502 (2011) | #9,282 |
| 2020s | 13 | #9,554 (2020) | #10,209 |
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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