Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Neils

#17,044 most common boys' name of all time · #44,516 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1916–1988

Rank among boys
#17,044
Rank overall
#44,516 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
78
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1918 #3,335
Best rank
#3,220 1948
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
1920194019601980

Neils first appears in 1916. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1988 — 5 5 #7,492
1982 — 5 5 #6,606
1980 — 7 7 #5,087
1972 — 5 5 #5,230
1968 — 5 5 #4,388
1953 — 5 5 #4,108
1948 — 7 7 #3,220
1942 — 5 5 #3,887
1937 — 5 5 #3,863
1926 — 5 5 #4,579
1922 — 6 6 #4,167
1918 — 8 8 #3,335
1917 — 5 5 #4,383
1916 — 5 5 #4,461