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.

Niel

#3,956 most common boys' name of all time · #9,640 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1913–2025

Rank among boys
#3,956
Rank overall
#9,640 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
107 of 146
All-time
1,384
Since 2016
54
Peak year
1958 #1,550
Best rank
#1,550 1958
Girls Boys peak 26/yr
192019401960198020002020

Niel first appears in 1913. 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 — 5 5 #12,099
2023 — 5 5 #12,367
2022 — 13 13 #6,506
2021 — 5 5 #12,277
2019 — 8 8 #8,961
2018 — 7 7 #9,745
2016 — 11 11 #7,192
2014 — 6 6 #10,810
2013 — 9 9 #8,175
2012 — 6 6 #10,874
2011 — 7 7 #9,691
2010 — 7 7 #9,783
2009 — 7 7 #9,939
2008 — 9 9 #8,379
2007 — 12 12 #6,667
2005 — 6 6 #10,251
2004 — 5 5 #11,483
2003 — 6 6 #9,683
2002 — 7 7 #8,553
2001 — 13 13 #5,427
2000 — 8 8 #7,490
1999 — 7 7 #7,956
1998 — 6 6 #8,578
1997 — 6 6 #8,245
1996 — 10 10 #5,597
1995 — 7 7 #7,080
1994 — 14 14 #4,324
1993 — 9 9 #5,828
1992 — 11 11 #4,929
1991 — 7 7 #6,612
1990 — 9 9 #5,449
1989 — 9 9 #5,233
1988 — 10 10 #4,515
1987 — 13 13 #3,566
1986 — 15 15 #3,166
1985 — 13 13 #3,448
1984 — 16 16 #2,861
1983 — 7 7 #5,013
1982 — 13 13 #3,336
1981 — 12 12 #3,462
1980 — 21 21 #2,394
1979 — 14 14 #3,060
1978 — 20 20 #2,312
1977 — 17 17 #2,603
1976 — 9 9 #3,815
1975 — 8 8 #4,036
1974 — 19 19 #2,239
1973 — 13 13 #2,767
1972 — 11 11 #3,056
1971 — 15 15 #2,504
1970 — 10 10 #3,154
1969 — 10 10 #2,931
1968 — 13 13 #2,376
1967 — 17 17 #1,951
1966 — 11 11 #2,550
1965 — 23 23 #1,649
1964 — 16 16 #2,084
1963 — 17 17 #2,011
1962 — 23 23 #1,698
1961 — 16 16 #2,113
1960 — 22 22 #1,754
1959 — 23 23 #1,694
1958 — 26 26 #1,550
1957 — 21 21 #1,779
1956 — 20 20 #1,802
1955 — 23 23 #1,633
1954 — 21 21 #1,692
1953 — 24 24 #1,579
1952 — 13 13 #2,217
1951 — 20 20 #1,711
1950 — 22 22 #1,605
1949 — 19 19 #1,744
1948 — 16 16 #1,932
1947 — 23 23 #1,593
1946 — 18 18 #1,746
1945 — 19 19 #1,574
1944 — 14 14 #1,965
1943 — 13 13 #2,149
1942 — 17 17 #1,784
1941 — 11 11 #2,299
1940 — 19 19 #1,618
1939 — 17 17 #1,698
1938 — 19 19 #1,601
1937 — 15 15 #1,896
1936 — 15 15 #1,858
1935 — 12 12 #2,214
1934 — 13 13 #2,091
1933 — 13 13 #2,069
1932 — 15 15 #1,982
1931 — 18 18 #1,754
1930 — 17 17 #1,877
1929 — 12 12 #2,412
1928 — 8 8 #3,217
1927 — 13 13 #2,384
1926 — 16 16 #2,056
1925 — 9 9 #3,070
1924 — 7 7 #3,666
1923 — 8 8 #3,312
1922 — 9 9 #3,156
1921 — 15 15 #2,246
1920 — 12 12 #2,567
1919 — 11 11 #2,618
1918 — 10 10 #2,826
1917 — 16 16 #1,980
1916 — 7 7 #3,340
1915 — 7 7 #3,248
1913 — 7 7 #2,481