Nil

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Peak · girls
#6,287
2017 · 19 births
Debut · girls
2013
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
158
since 2013

Nil over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #6,287, 2017peak #6,100, 1997girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#7,88513—
2024#6,39418—
2023#6,92216#8,2559
2022#8,54212#8,9908
2021#8,02413#10,7996
2020#15,0885#8,7398
2019#8,13813—
2018#6,52118—
2017#6,28719—
2016#10,11310—
2015#10,14810#12,0865
2014#14,5586—
2013#16,5475—
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2006—#12,0555
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2004—#8,1438
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2000—#8,2097
1999—#6,5309
1998—#9,6315
1997—#6,1009
1996—#9,0155
1995—#8,8685
1994—#6,9687
1993—#7,6386
1992—#7,4226
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First appearance
2013

The first year at least five girls were named Nil! It came in at #16,547, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 2013–2014, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

Where Nil is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Nil, so not publishedTXFlorida: #1,887 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 14,460 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Florida#1,887 · 1 in 14,460

Best ever in a state: #1,887 in Florida, 2025.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Nil
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 1,491 spots since 2024 (#6,394 → #7,885)
  • 7,203 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #7,885)
  • 2,263 spots since 2015 (#10,148 → #7,885)
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2013
  • Peaked 2017 at #6,287 (19 births)
  • Births halved by 2020, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 90,011
  • Highest: 1 in 90,011 girls born in 2024 were named Nil (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #6,287 in 2017, was only 1 in 90,866 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 51.3% of all girls named Nil (81) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2021
  • Mostly boys until 2020, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2010s81#6,287 (2017)#10,330
2020s77#6,394 (2024)#8,809

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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