Nigel
#1,042 most common boys' name of all time · #2,467 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1915–2025
Rank among boys
#1,042
Rank overall
#2,467 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
87 of 146
All-time
12,371
Since 2016
984
Peak year
1994 #478
Best rank
#478 1994
Girls
Boys
peak 455/yr
Nigel first appears in 1915. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 71 | 71 | #2,079 |
| 2024 | — | 66 | 66 | #2,193 |
| 2023 | — | 73 | 73 | #2,050 |
| 2022 | — | 71 | 71 | #2,101 |
| 2021 | — | 94 | 94 | #1,726 |
| 2020 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,858 |
| 2019 | — | 108 | 108 | #1,551 |
| 2018 | — | 125 | 125 | #1,401 |
| 2017 | — | 150 | 150 | #1,223 |
| 2016 | — | 146 | 146 | #1,256 |
| 2015 | — | 173 | 173 | #1,112 |
| 2014 | — | 155 | 155 | #1,191 |
| 2013 | — | 170 | 170 | #1,092 |
| 2012 | — | 178 | 178 | #1,067 |
| 2011 | — | 194 | 194 | #1,000 |
| 2010 | — | 216 | 216 | #933 |
| 2009 | — | 249 | 249 | #857 |
| 2008 | — | 271 | 271 | #810 |
| 2007 | — | 303 | 303 | #742 |
| 2006 | — | 309 | 309 | #708 |
| 2005 | — | 276 | 276 | #733 |
| 2004 | — | 237 | 237 | #766 |
| 2003 | — | 266 | 266 | #707 |
| 2002 | — | 280 | 280 | #667 |
| 2001 | — | 305 | 305 | #623 |
| 2000 | — | 349 | 349 | #577 |
| 1999 | — | 361 | 361 | #556 |
| 1998 | — | 373 | 373 | #537 |
| 1997 | — | 372 | 372 | #536 |
| 1996 | — | 383 | 383 | #523 |
| 1995 | — | 405 | 405 | #507 |
| 1994 | 7 | 448 | 455 | #478 |
| 1993 | — | 432 | 432 | #488 |
| 1992 | 7 | 384 | 391 | #519 |
| 1991 | 5 | 318 | 323 | #567 |
| 1990 | — | 315 | 315 | #570 |
| 1989 | 5 | 286 | 291 | #579 |
| 1988 | — | 240 | 240 | #612 |
| 1987 | — | 208 | 208 | #637 |
| 1986 | — | 208 | 208 | #621 |
| 1985 | 6 | 194 | 200 | #633 |
| 1984 | — | 154 | 154 | #705 |
| 1983 | — | 161 | 161 | #674 |
| 1982 | — | 145 | 145 | #720 |
| 1981 | — | 191 | 191 | #617 |
| 1980 | — | 165 | 165 | #676 |
| 1979 | — | 145 | 145 | #719 |
| 1978 | 7 | 117 | 124 | #782 |
| 1977 | 11 | 146 | 157 | #705 |
| 1976 | — | 123 | 123 | #751 |
| 1975 | 7 | 132 | 139 | #722 |
| 1974 | 8 | 90 | 98 | #847 |
| 1973 | 5 | 95 | 100 | #816 |
| 1972 | — | 89 | 89 | #852 |
| 1971 | — | 95 | 95 | #836 |
| 1970 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,099 |
| 1969 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,047 |
| 1968 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,142 |
| 1967 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,127 |
| 1966 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,639 |
| 1965 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,507 |
| 1964 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,505 |
| 1963 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,729 |
| 1962 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,572 |
| 1961 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,593 |
| 1960 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,755 |
| 1959 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,744 |
| 1958 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,629 |
| 1957 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,480 |
| 1956 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,149 |
| 1955 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,528 |
| 1954 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,751 |
| 1953 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,648 |
| 1952 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1951 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,976 |
| 1950 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,710 |
| 1949 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,954 |
| 1948 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1947 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,265 |
| 1946 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,394 |
| 1941 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,041 |
| 1936 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,841 |
| 1934 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,181 |
| 1929 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,785 |
| 1925 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1918 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1915 | 5 | — | 5 | — |