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.

Nyles

#5,007 most common boys' name of all time · #12,398 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1929–2025

Rank among boys
#5,007
Rank overall
#12,398 of 105,966
First appeared
1929
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
934
Since 2016
299
Peak year
2021 #3,137
Best rank
#2,362 1998
Girls Boys peak 38/yr
19401960198020002020

Nyles first appears in 1929. 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 — 24 24 #4,278
2024 — 35 35 #3,355
2023 — 25 25 #4,240
2022 — 31 31 #3,634
2021 — 38 38 #3,137
2020 — 24 24 #4,163
2019 — 28 28 #3,816
2018 — 36 36 #3,185
2017 — 32 32 #3,466
2016 — 26 26 #4,017
2015 — 26 26 #4,006
2014 — 21 21 #4,577
2013 — 14 14 #5,984
2012 — 23 23 #4,283
2011 — 16 16 #5,469
2010 — 19 19 #4,887
2009 — 22 22 #4,459
2008 — 17 17 #5,281
2007 — 17 17 #5,251
2006 — 17 17 #5,133
2005 — 17 17 #4,871
2004 — 12 12 #6,211
2003 — 20 20 #4,160
2002 — 24 24 #3,579
2001 — 28 28 #3,169
2000 — 23 23 #3,566
1999 — 24 24 #3,313
1998 — 37 37 #2,362
1997 — 18 18 #3,772
1996 — 21 21 #3,323
1995 — 20 20 #3,337
1994 — 16 16 #3,955
1993 — 15 15 #4,073
1992 — 12 12 #4,646
1991 — 9 9 #5,620
1990 — 13 13 #4,252
1989 — 8 8 #5,805
1988 — 10 10 #4,558
1985 — 5 5 #6,844
1983 — 6 6 #5,758
1982 — 5 5 #6,672
1978 — 5 5 #6,089
1975 — 8 8 #4,103
1971 — 5 5 #5,243
1970 — 8 8 #3,706
1969 — 5 5 #4,714
1968 — 5 5 #4,484
1966 — 5 5 #4,292
1960 — 5 5 #4,407
1959 — 5 5 #4,377
1954 — 5 5 #4,214
1948 — 5 5 #4,104
1947 — 5 5 #4,180
1943 — 6 6 #3,514
1942 — 6 6 #3,533
1939 — 5 5 #3,921
1937 — 7 7 #3,166
1930 — 5 5 #4,490
1929 — 5 5 #4,535