NameTides

Nial

Nial was the #5,137 boys' name in England & Wales in 2025 (3 babies).

Nial as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Nial as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & Wales
Nial as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIreland
2025—#5,137 (3)———
2024#7,257 (11)————
2023#9,763 (7)————
2022#10,863 (6)————
2021#12,146 (5)————
2020#8,739 (8)#4,608 (3)———
2018#12,156 (5)#3,412 (5)———
2017#10,775 (6)#4,812 (3)———
2016—#4,810 (3)———
2015#12,086 (5)————
2014—#3,362 (5)———
2012—#4,805 (3)———
2010—#4,678 (3)———
2009—#2,318 (8)———
2008—#2,775 (6)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in England & Wales in 2000 at #953.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the England & Wales records since the data begins in 1996.

How common is it?

about 1 in 91,000 baby boys in the published England & Wales list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.