Niles
#2,480 for boys in 2025, 54 births
- Peak · boys
- 1942 · 55 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,455since 1897
Niles over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Niles has never cracked the top 800 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 | #2,480 | 54 |
| 2024 | #3,104 | 39 |
| 2023 | #2,510 | 53 |
| 2022 | #2,379 | 59 |
| 2021 | #2,193 | 64 |
| 2020 | #2,024 | 70 |
| 2019 | #2,188 | 64 |
| 2018 | #2,579 | 49 |
| 2017 | #2,109 | 65 |
| 2016 | #2,387 | 54 |
| 2015 | #2,528 | 49 |
| 2014 | #2,402 | 53 |
| 2013 | #2,895 | 39 |
| 2012 | #2,678 | 45 |
| 2011 | #2,852 | 41 |
| 2010 | #3,633 | 29 |
| 2009 | #2,623 | 47 |
| 2008 | #3,103 | 37 |
| 2007 | #2,504 | 50 |
| 2006 | #2,932 | 38 |
| 2005 | #2,902 | 36 |
| 2004 | #2,531 | 43 |
| 2003 | #2,507 | 41 |
| 2002 | #2,428 | 41 |
| 2001 | #1,982 | 54 |
| 2000 | #1,742 | 64 |
| 1999 | #1,593 | 68 |
| 1998 | #1,418 | 80 |
| 1997 | #1,730 | 56 |
| 1996 | #1,842 | 49 |
| 1995 | #1,417 | 70 |
| 1994 | #1,608 | 57 |
| 1993 | #1,933 | 42 |
| 1992 | #1,884 | 43 |
| 1991 | #1,699 | 48 |
| 1990 | #1,755 | 45 |
| 1989 | #1,537 | 53 |
| 1988 | #1,592 | 45 |
| 1987 | #1,506 | 47 |
| 1986 | #1,476 | 46 |
| 1985 | #1,485 | 45 |
| 1984 | #1,796 | 31 |
| 1983 | #1,347 | 48 |
| 1982 | #1,734 | 33 |
| 1981 | #1,577 | 38 |
| 1980 | #1,593 | 37 |
| 1979 | #1,435 | 42 |
| 1978 | #1,508 | 38 |
| 1977 | #2,063 | 23 |
| 1976 | #1,608 | 33 |
| 1975 | #1,280 | 45 |
| 1974 | #1,388 | 38 |
| 1973 | #1,435 | 35 |
| 1972 | #2,158 | 18 |
| 1971 | #1,823 | 24 |
| 1970 | #1,939 | 21 |
| 1969 | #1,463 | 30 |
| 1968 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | #1,711 | 21 |
| 1966 | #1,650 | 22 |
| 1965 | #1,456 | 28 |
| 1964 | #1,462 | 29 |
| 1963 | #1,485 | 28 |
| 1962 | #1,403 | 31 |
| 1961 | #1,368 | 34 |
| 1960 | #1,341 | 35 |
| 1959 | #1,467 | 29 |
| 1958 | #1,396 | 31 |
| 1957 | #1,436 | 30 |
| 1956 | #1,232 | 38 |
| 1955 | #1,154 | 42 |
| 1954 | #1,333 | 32 |
| 1953 | #1,139 | 42 |
| 1952 | #1,094 | 44 |
| 1951 | #1,070 | 45 |
| 1950 | #904 | 57 |
| 1949 | #1,013 | 47 |
| 1948 | #933 | 55 |
| 1947 | #1,093 | 44 |
| 1946 | #1,145 | 37 |
| 1945 | #1,078 | 36 |
| 1944 | #974 | 44 |
| 1943 | #986 | 46 |
| 1942 | #888 | 55 |
| 1941 | #1,108 | 35 |
| 1940 | #1,107 | 35 |
| 1939 | #1,238 | 28 |
| 1938 | #1,125 | 33 |
| 1937 | #1,148 | 33 |
| 1936 | #1,296 | 26 |
| 1935 | #1,295 | 27 |
| 1934 | #1,213 | 30 |
| 1933 | #1,202 | 30 |
| 1932 | #1,254 | 29 |
| 1931 | #1,015 | 43 |
| 1930 | #1,330 | 29 |
| 1929 | #1,055 | 42 |
| 1928 | #1,211 | 35 |
| 1927 | #1,436 | 27 |
| 1926 | #1,605 | 22 |
| 1925 | #1,493 | 25 |
| 1924 | #1,577 | 24 |
| 1923 | #1,502 | 25 |
| 1922 | #1,545 | 24 |
| 1921 | #1,329 | 31 |
| 1920 | #1,416 | 27 |
| 1919 | #1,531 | 23 |
| 1918 | #1,313 | 29 |
| 1917 | #1,078 | 38 |
| 1916 | #1,335 | 26 |
| 1915 | #1,782 | 16 |
| 1914 | #1,608 | 15 |
| 1913 | #1,049 | 23 |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
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| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
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| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
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First appearance
1897
The first year at least five boys were named Niles! It came in at #1,057, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1909, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Niles is popular in 1950
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Indiana#393 · 1 in 8,986
- Ohio#519 · 1 in 18,161
- New York#522 · 1 in 16,761
Best ever in a state: #287 in Wisconsin, 1928.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Indiana | #393 | 5 | 1 in 8,986 |
| Ohio | #519 | 5 | 1 in 18,161 |
| New York | #522 | 9 | 1 in 16,761 |
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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
- 624 spots since 2024 (#3,104 → #2,480)
- 456 spots since 2020 (#2,024 → #2,480)
- 48 spots since 2015 (#2,528 → #2,480)
- Biggest jump: 220 spots in 1942 (#1,108 → #888)
- Biggest drop: 166 spots in 1951 (#904 → #1,070)
Rise & fade · boys
45 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1942 at #888 (55 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 24 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1942–1944
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,285
- Highest: 1 in 22,285 boys born in 1913 were named Niles (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 31,631 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #888 in 1942, was only 1 in 25,112 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 12.5% of all boys named Niles (558) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,057 (1897) | #1,057 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,310 (1900) | #1,310 |
| 1910s | 183 | #1,049 (1913) | #1,462 |
| 1920s | 282 | #1,055 (1929) | #1,417 |
| 1930s | 308 | #1,015 (1931) | #1,212 |
| 1940s | 434 | #888 (1942) | #1,033 |
| 1950s | 390 | #904 (1950) | #1,223 |
| 1960s | 272 | #1,341 (1960) | #1,554 |
| 1970s | 317 | #1,280 (1975) | #1,664 |
| 1980s | 423 | #1,347 (1983) | #1,564 |
| 1990s | 558 | #1,417 (1995) | #1,688 |
| 2000s | 451 | #1,742 (2000) | #2,525 |
| 2010s | 488 | #2,109 (2017) | #2,625 |
| 2020s | 339 | #2,024 (2020) | #2,448 |
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.
Niles in 1950
boys
#904
57 births · 1 in 31,408 boys
Top boys' names in 1950
More about 1950
boys
1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 31,408 of them was named Niles, which outranked 78.5% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).