Nilan

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #2,884 for boys in 2025, 43 births
Given to boys 98.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#2,225
2021 · 63 births
Debut · boys
2006
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
461
since 2006

Nilan over time

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Rank among boys' names. Nilan has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202021boysat peak
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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#14,9425#2,88443
2024—#2,95842
2023—#2,44155
2022—#2,87344
2021—#2,22563
2020—#2,75944
2019—#2,89742
2018—#3,79328
2017—#5,78815
2016—#4,62421
2015—#7,06611
2014—#7,04811
2013—#7,02611
2012—#8,8648
2011—#12,2875
2010—#10,7666
2009—#9,8647
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First appearance
2006

The first year at least five boys were named Nilan! It came in at #12,055, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2006–2008, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Nilan is popular in 2021

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,597 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 18,938 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedHITexas: #1,829 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 21,391 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Nilan, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#1,597 · 1 in 18,938
  2. Texas#1,829 · 1 in 21,391

Best ever in a state: #1,317 in Illinois, 2019.

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Texas#1,82981 in 21,391
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See more about Nilan
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 74 spots since 2024 (#2,958 → #2,884)
  • 125 spots since 2020 (#2,759 → #2,884)
  • 4,182 spots since 2015 (#7,066 → #2,884)
Rise & fade · boys
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2006
  • Peaked 2021 at #2,225 (63 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
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 27,770
  • Highest: 1 in 27,770 boys born in 2021 were named Nilan (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 39,723 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 63.1% of all boys named Nilan (291) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s12#9,864 (2009)#10,960
2010s158#2,897 (2019)#7,016
2020s291#2,225 (2021)#2,690

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.

Nilan in 2021

boys
#2,225
63 births · 1 in 27,770 boys

Top boys' names in 2021

  1. #1Liam20,424
  2. #2Noah18,919
  3. #3Oliver14,713
  4. #4Elijah12,845
  5. #5James12,474
  6. #6William12,170
  7. #7Benjamin11,895
  8. #8Lucas11,584
  9. #9Henry11,370
  10. #10Theodore9,600
  11. #2,225Nilan63
More about 2021

boys

1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 27,770 of them was named Nilan, which outranked 84.2% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nilan
  1. #2,193Whitaker64
  2. #2,193Woods64
  3. #2,193Xaiden64
  4. #2,225Nilan63
  5. #2,225Aahan63
  6. #2,225Ahmari63
  7. #2,225Angus63
  8. #2,253Adriano62
  9. #2,253Amaru62
  10. #2,253Athan62

Tied with 27 names at #2,225; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. ↑ 536Amiri#1,295 → #759
  2. ↑ 438Eliam#1,177 → #739
  3. ↑ 343Colter#972 → #629
  4. ↑ 333Ozzy#1,046 → #713
  5. ↑ 299Loyal#1,053 → #754
Fallers
  1. ↓ 352Jaxtyn#585 → #937
  2. ↓ 259Karsyn#698 → #957
  3. ↓ 231Xzavier#976 → #1,207
  4. ↓ 208Tristen#846 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 208Willie#992 → #1,200

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2021 →