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.

Niels

#3,817 most common boys' name of all time · #9,302 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1893–2025

Rank among boys
#3,817
Rank overall
#9,302 of 105,966
First appeared
1893
Years on the list
116 of 146
All-time
1,462
Since 2016
132
Peak year
1957 #1,427
Best rank
#1,173 1893
Girls Boys peak 31/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Niels first appears in 1893. 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 — 15 15 #5,884
2024 — 14 14 #6,213
2023 — 7 7 #9,790
2022 — 18 18 #5,230
2021 — 10 10 #7,616
2020 — 12 12 #6,647
2019 — 14 14 #6,128
2018 — 7 7 #9,717
2017 — 14 14 #6,074
2016 — 21 21 #4,635
2015 — 18 18 #5,075
2014 — 17 17 #5,268
2013 — 14 14 #5,949
2012 — 15 15 #5,736
2011 — 14 14 #5,961
2010 — 17 17 #5,274
2009 — 6 6 #11,053
2008 — 10 10 #7,732
2007 — 14 14 #5,916
2006 — 10 10 #7,465
2005 — 11 11 #6,664
2004 — 11 11 #6,551
2003 — 13 13 #5,577
2002 — 15 15 #4,937
2001 — 21 21 #3,848
2000 — 13 13 #5,319
1999 — 14 14 #4,788
1998 — 13 13 #4,895
1997 — 8 8 #6,667
1996 — 14 14 #4,416
1995 — 12 12 #4,821
1994 — 14 14 #4,310
1993 — 15 15 #4,042
1992 — 13 13 #4,346
1991 — 12 12 #4,508
1990 — 17 17 #3,488
1989 — 11 11 #4,556
1988 — 11 11 #4,203
1987 — 9 9 #4,625
1986 — 12 12 #3,681
1985 — 18 18 #2,733
1984 — 16 16 #2,845
1983 — 11 11 #3,670
1982 — 13 13 #3,314
1981 — 17 17 #2,702
1980 — 10 10 #3,884
1979 — 13 13 #3,207
1978 — 15 15 #2,833
1977 — 12 12 #3,235
1976 — 11 11 #3,303
1975 — 13 13 #2,936
1974 — 13 13 #2,827
1973 — 17 17 #2,337
1972 — 15 15 #2,449
1971 — 9 9 #3,424
1970 — 20 20 #2,006
1969 — 18 18 #1,993
1968 — 19 19 #1,864
1967 — 15 15 #2,064
1966 — 13 13 #2,244
1965 — 16 16 #2,018
1964 — 20 20 #1,813
1963 — 15 15 #2,141
1962 — 17 17 #1,985
1961 — 17 17 #2,017
1960 — 6 6 #3,737
1959 — 17 17 #2,001
1958 — 17 17 #1,982
1957 — 31 31 #1,427
1956 — 16 16 #2,049
1955 — 20 20 #1,756
1954 — 19 19 #1,786
1953 — 14 14 #2,134
1952 — 14 14 #2,108
1951 — 12 12 #2,285
1950 — 20 20 #1,679
1949 — 9 9 #2,675
1948 — 15 15 #1,975
1947 — 14 14 #2,113
1946 — 5 5 #3,622
1945 — 8 8 #2,631
1944 — 9 9 #2,525
1943 — 11 11 #2,322
1942 — 7 7 #3,014
1941 — 6 6 #3,219
1940 — 8 8 #2,731
1939 — 9 9 #2,503
1938 — 5 5 #3,622
1937 — 12 12 #2,132
1936 — 5 5 #3,658
1935 — 6 6 #3,333
1934 — 9 9 #2,611
1933 — 10 10 #2,431
1932 — 8 8 #2,911
1931 — 9 9 #2,721
1930 — 13 13 #2,226
1929 — 13 13 #2,254
1928 — 11 11 #2,552
1927 — 17 17 #2,000
1926 — 9 9 #2,957
1925 — 11 11 #2,641
1924 — 7 7 #3,581
1923 — 7 7 #3,531
1922 — 11 11 #2,686
1921 — 13 13 #2,409
1920 — 11 11 #2,651
1919 — 10 10 #2,722
1918 — 11 11 #2,599
1917 — 11 11 #2,472
1916 — 5 5 #3,995
1915 — 14 14 #2,011
1914 — 12 12 #1,914
1913 — 7 7 #2,350
1912 — 9 9 #1,817
1905 — 5 5 #1,365
1893 — 5 5 #1,173