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.

Niall

#3,054 most common boys' name of all time · #7,403 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1955–2025

Rank among boys
#3,054
Rank overall
#7,403 of 105,966
First appeared
1955
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
2,094
Since 2016
816
Peak year
2024 #1,576
Best rank
#1,576 2024
Girls Boys peak 110/yr
1960198020002020

Niall first appears in 1955. 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
2025 — 96 96 #1,703
2024 — 110 110 #1,576
2023 — 90 90 #1,795
2022 — 77 77 #1,985
2021 — 84 84 #1,846
2020 — 66 66 #2,124
2019 — 68 68 #2,118
2018 — 96 96 #1,667
2017 — 76 76 #1,905
2016 — 53 53 #2,420
2015 — 55 55 #2,368
2014 — 64 64 #2,144
2013 — 69 69 #1,997
2012 — 43 43 #2,788
2011 — 34 34 #3,256
2010 — 18 18 #5,096
2009 — 22 22 #4,475
2008 — 33 33 #3,372
2007 — 33 33 #3,329
2006 — 35 35 #3,109
2005 — 28 28 #3,480
2004 — 34 34 #2,980
2003 — 39 39 #2,592
2002 — 32 32 #2,905
2001 — 34 34 #2,763
2000 — 37 37 #2,543
1999 — 33 33 #2,635
1998 — 29 29 #2,808
1997 — 35 35 #2,362
1996 — 34 34 #2,355
1995 — 31 31 #2,470
1994 — 37 37 #2,205
1993 — 35 35 #2,231
1992 — 30 30 #2,438
1991 — 45 45 #1,777
1990 — 26 26 #2,593
1989 — 28 28 #2,387
1988 — 18 18 #3,012
1987 — 15 15 #3,271
1986 — 21 21 #2,564
1985 — 8 8 #4,895
1984 — 10 10 #4,062
1983 — 7 7 #5,132
1982 — 14 14 #3,212
1981 — 8 8 #4,726
1980 — 11 11 #3,736
1979 — 11 11 #3,713
1978 — 8 8 #4,364
1977 — 7 7 #4,844
1976 — 11 11 #3,392
1975 — 12 12 #3,189
1974 — 7 7 #4,438
1973 — 7 7 #4,300
1972 — 8 8 #3,835
1971 — 16 16 #2,440
1970 — 14 14 #2,599
1969 — 11 11 #2,813
1968 — 10 10 #2,878
1967 — 5 5 #4,386
1964 — 14 14 #2,296
1963 — 7 7 #3,595
1962 — 7 7 #3,602
1961 — 8 8 #3,329
1960 — 6 6 #3,975
1959 — 7 7 #3,586
1958 — 6 6 #3,916
1956 — 6 6 #3,915
1955 — 5 5 #4,378