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.

Niles

#1,881 most common boys' name of all time · #4,543 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1897–2025

Rank among boys
#1,881
Rank overall
#4,543 of 105,966
First appeared
1897
Years on the list
117 of 146
All-time
4,455
Since 2016
571
Peak year
1998 #1,424
Best rank
#896 1942
Girls Boys peak 80/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Niles first appears in 1897. 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 — 54 54 #2,484
2024 — 39 39 #3,108
2023 — 53 53 #2,515
2022 — 59 59 #2,382
2021 — 64 64 #2,202
2020 — 70 70 #2,029
2019 — 64 64 #2,190
2018 — 49 49 #2,583
2017 — 65 65 #2,109
2016 — 54 54 #2,390
2015 — 49 49 #2,531
2014 — 53 53 #2,405
2013 — 39 39 #2,902
2012 — 45 45 #2,681
2011 — 41 41 #2,857
2010 — 29 29 #3,640
2009 — 47 47 #2,628
2008 — 37 37 #3,110
2007 — 50 50 #2,507
2006 — 38 38 #2,939
2005 — 36 36 #2,906
2004 — 43 43 #2,532
2003 — 41 41 #2,512
2002 — 41 41 #2,433
2001 — 54 54 #1,989
2000 — 64 64 #1,745
1999 — 68 68 #1,597
1998 — 80 80 #1,424
1997 — 56 56 #1,735
1996 — 49 49 #1,850
1995 — 70 70 #1,420
1994 — 57 57 #1,611
1993 — 42 42 #1,941
1992 — 43 43 #1,891
1991 — 48 48 #1,705
1990 — 45 45 #1,758
1989 — 53 53 #1,538
1988 — 45 45 #1,595
1987 — 47 47 #1,516
1986 — 46 46 #1,480
1985 — 45 45 #1,488
1984 — 31 31 #1,811
1983 — 48 48 #1,350
1982 — 33 33 #1,741
1981 — 38 38 #1,585
1980 — 37 37 #1,599
1979 — 42 42 #1,439
1978 — 38 38 #1,518
1977 — 23 23 #2,076
1976 — 33 33 #1,621
1975 — 45 45 #1,289
1974 — 38 38 #1,395
1973 — 35 35 #1,448
1972 — 18 18 #2,173
1971 — 24 24 #1,833
1970 — 21 21 #1,956
1969 — 30 30 #1,472
1968 — 14 14 #2,236
1967 — 21 21 #1,729
1966 — 22 22 #1,662
1965 — 28 28 #1,470
1964 — 29 29 #1,473
1963 — 28 28 #1,497
1962 — 31 31 #1,415
1961 — 34 34 #1,380
1960 — 35 35 #1,348
1959 — 29 29 #1,481
1958 — 31 31 #1,410
1957 — 30 30 #1,445
1956 — 38 38 #1,248
1955 — 42 42 #1,159
1954 — 32 32 #1,346
1953 — 42 42 #1,150
1952 — 44 44 #1,107
1951 — 45 45 #1,078
1950 — 57 57 #915
1949 — 47 47 #1,024
1948 — 55 55 #940
1947 — 44 44 #1,105
1946 — 37 37 #1,151
1945 — 36 36 #1,098
1944 — 44 44 #987
1943 — 46 46 #996
1942 — 55 55 #896
1941 — 35 35 #1,121
1940 — 35 35 #1,124
1939 — 28 28 #1,258
1938 — 33 33 #1,141
1937 — 33 33 #1,163
1936 — 26 26 #1,315
1935 — 27 27 #1,319
1934 — 30 30 #1,231
1933 — 30 30 #1,224
1932 — 29 29 #1,275
1931 — 43 43 #1,026
1930 — 29 29 #1,352
1929 — 42 42 #1,072
1928 — 35 35 #1,224
1927 — 27 27 #1,458
1926 — 22 22 #1,646
1925 — 25 25 #1,521
1924 — 24 24 #1,606
1923 — 25 25 #1,526
1922 — 24 24 #1,573
1921 — 31 31 #1,348
1920 — 27 27 #1,444
1919 — 23 23 #1,557
1918 — 29 29 #1,333
1917 — 38 38 #1,090
1916 — 26 26 #1,364
1915 — 16 16 #1,834
1914 — 15 15 #1,651
1913 — 23 23 #1,071
1912 — 7 7 #2,148
1910 — 6 6 #1,533
1900 — 5 5 #1,464
1897 — 5 5 #1,226