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.

Nile*

#2,018 most common boys' name of all time · #4,837 across all names · 91% male / 9% female · used 1895–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#2,018
Rank overall
#4,837 of 105,966
First appeared
1895
Years on the list
120 of 146
All-time
4,066
Since 2016
1,006
Peak year
2021 #1,420
Best rank
#978 1896
Girls Boys peak 159/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Nile first appears in 1895. 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 8 86 94 #1,840
2024 10 81 91 #1,941
2023 7 92 99 #1,766
2022 16 110 126 #1,599
2021 30 129 159 #1,420
2020 10 86 96 #1,768
2019 10 75 85 #1,955
2018 15 75 90 #1,961
2017 14 58 72 #2,271
2016 13 81 94 #1,848
2015 16 56 72 #2,332
2014 15 72 87 #1,983
2013 13 49 62 #2,495
2012 7 66 73 #2,070
2011 9 51 60 #2,442
2010 — 65 65 #2,079
2009 8 43 51 #2,804
2008 7 48 55 #2,590
2007 14 53 67 #2,419
2006 7 48 55 #2,515
2005 10 45 55 #2,496
2004 17 28 45 #3,376
2003 8 47 55 #2,274
2002 7 44 51 #2,341
2001 11 54 65 #1,988
2000 10 44 54 #2,226
1999 7 51 58 #1,908
1998 10 50 60 #1,935
1997 11 50 61 #1,865
1996 — 50 50 #1,821
1995 6 56 62 #1,627
1994 9 47 56 #1,828
1993 5 48 53 #1,772
1992 — 45 45 #1,825
1991 6 31 37 #2,309
1990 6 28 34 #2,443
1989 — 30 30 #2,257
1988 7 23 30 #2,532
1987 — 24 24 #2,345
1986 — 20 20 #2,616
1985 — 18 18 #2,736
1984 — 23 23 #2,250
1983 — 15 15 #2,946
1982 6 11 17 #3,740
1981 — 23 23 #2,222
1980 — 26 26 #2,070
1979 — 22 22 #2,252
1978 — 5 5 #5,856
1977 — 12 12 #3,236
1976 — 15 15 #2,737
1975 5 14 19 #2,780
1974 — 11 11 #3,169
1973 — 14 14 #2,630
1972 — 13 13 #2,691
1971 — 9 9 #3,428
1970 — 10 10 #3,120
1969 — 15 15 #2,248
1968 — 10 10 #2,780
1967 — 13 13 #2,273
1966 — 12 12 #2,367
1965 — 11 11 #2,516
1964 — 18 18 #1,928
1963 — 15 15 #2,144
1962 — 12 12 #2,421
1961 — 14 14 #2,266
1960 — 16 16 #2,071
1959 — 15 15 #2,150
1958 — 15 15 #2,124
1957 — 12 12 #2,415
1956 — 19 19 #1,848
1955 — 16 16 #1,999
1954 — 13 13 #2,245
1953 — 26 26 #1,491
1952 — 19 19 #1,769
1951 — 12 12 #2,288
1950 — 24 24 #1,520
1949 — 16 16 #1,902
1948 — 20 20 #1,677
1947 — 17 17 #1,875
1946 — 22 22 #1,537
1945 — 16 16 #1,738
1944 — 30 30 #1,227
1943 — 25 25 #1,415
1942 — 25 25 #1,403
1941 — 25 25 #1,351
1940 — 39 39 #1,044
1939 — 28 28 #1,257
1938 — 21 21 #1,497
1937 — 16 16 #1,788
1936 — 22 22 #1,440
1935 — 12 12 #2,174
1934 — 13 13 #2,057
1933 — 24 24 #1,388
1932 — 27 27 #1,346
1931 — 27 27 #1,354
1930 — 26 26 #1,448
1929 — 14 14 #2,149
1928 — 27 27 #1,430
1927 — 29 29 #1,394
1926 — 29 29 #1,366
1925 — 31 31 #1,326
1924 — 30 30 #1,370
1923 — 30 30 #1,344
1922 — 23 23 #1,623
1921 — 19 19 #1,867
1920 — 19 19 #1,844
1919 — 26 26 #1,436
1918 — 26 26 #1,423
1917 — 24 24 #1,465
1916 — 28 28 #1,286
1915 — 30 30 #1,209
1914 — 13 13 #1,823
1913 — 9 9 #2,018
1912 — 16 16 #1,213
1910 — 5 5 #1,725
1907 — 5 5 #1,472
1905 — 8 8 #996
1899 — 5 5 #1,186
1896 — 7 7 #978
1895 — 5 5 #1,236