Nil**
#15,280 most common girls' name of all time · #25,250 across all names · 44% male / 56% female · used 1989–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#15,280
Rank overall
#25,250 of 105,966
First appeared
1989
Years on the list
26 of 146
All-time
280
Since 2016
168
Peak year
2023 #7,073
Best rank
#6,408 2017
Girls
Boys
peak 25/yr
Nil first appears in 1989. 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 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,086 |
| 2024 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,514 |
| 2023 | 16 | 9 | 25 | #7,073 |
| 2022 | 12 | 8 | 20 | #8,760 |
| 2021 | 13 | 6 | 19 | #8,204 |
| 2020 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #15,844 |
| 2019 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,365 |
| 2018 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,663 |
| 2017 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,408 |
| 2016 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,427 |
| 2015 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #10,483 |
| 2014 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,262 |
| 2013 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,487 |
| 2006 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2004 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 2001 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 2000 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1999 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1998 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1997 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1996 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1994 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1993 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1992 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | — |