Nilson
- #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
- Peak · boys
- 1987 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 356since 1982
Nilson over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Nilson has never cracked the top 4,000 here.
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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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| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,194 | 11 |
| 2024 | #6,199 | 14 |
| 2023 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #5,340 | 17 |
| 2018 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2017 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #6,053 | 14 |
| 2015 | #7,066 | 11 |
| 2014 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #7,537 | 10 |
| 2012 | #7,050 | 11 |
| 2011 | #6,578 | 12 |
| 2010 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #7,236 | 11 |
| 2008 | #5,767 | 15 |
| 2007 | #5,210 | 17 |
| 2006 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | #5,725 | 12 |
| 2001 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #5,040 | 14 |
| 1999 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #6,519 | 7 |
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| 1987 | #4,239 | 10 |
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| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
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First appearance
1982
The first year at least five boys were named Nilson! It came in at #5,619, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1983–1986, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Nilson is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Nilson in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 995 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #7,194)
- 3,411 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #7,194)
- 128 spots since 2015 (#7,066 → #7,194)
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1982
- Peaked 1987 at #4,239 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1988, 1 yr 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 105,542
- Highest: 1 in 105,542 boys born in 2019 were named Nilson (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #4,239 in 1987, was only 1 in 186,698 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 32.6% of all boys named Nilson (116) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 16 | #4,239 (1987) | #4,929 |
| 1990s | 68 | #5,035 (1999) | #7,016 |
| 2000s | 116 | #5,040 (2000) | #6,538 |
| 2010s | 111 | #5,340 (2019) | #7,402 |
| 2020s | 45 | #6,199 (2024) | #8,756 |
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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