Nilson
#8,819 most common boys' name of all time · #22,287 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1982–2025
Rank among boys
#8,819
Rank overall
#22,287 of 105,966
First appeared
1982
Years on the list
36 of 146
All-time
356
Since 2016
96
Peak year
2007 #5,322
Best rank
#4,550 1987
Girls
Boys
peak 17/yr
Nilson first appears in 1982. 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 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,371 |
| 2024 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,308 |
| 2023 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,196 |
| 2022 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,293 |
| 2020 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,054 |
| 2019 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,438 |
| 2018 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,186 |
| 2017 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,277 |
| 2016 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,191 |
| 2015 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,238 |
| 2014 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,097 |
| 2013 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,795 |
| 2012 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,264 |
| 2011 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,750 |
| 2010 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,151 |
| 2009 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,426 |
| 2008 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,930 |
| 2007 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,322 |
| 2006 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,699 |
| 2005 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,957 |
| 2004 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,825 |
| 2003 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,506 |
| 2002 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,932 |
| 2001 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,919 |
| 2000 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,209 |
| 1999 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,214 |
| 1998 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,025 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,703 |
| 1996 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,492 |
| 1995 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,783 |
| 1994 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,754 |
| 1993 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,263 |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,155 |
| 1991 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,026 |
| 1987 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,550 |
| 1982 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,353 |