NameTides

Niel

Niel was the #12,008 boys' name in the US in 2025 (5 babies).

Niel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
Niel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020US
Niel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIreland
2025#12,008 (5)———
2023#12,239 (5)———
2022#6,479 (13)———
2021#12,146 (5)———
2019#8,889 (8)———
2018#9,670 (7)———
2016#7,157 (11)———
2015—#4,747 (3)——
2014#10,717 (6)———
2013#8,118 (9)———
2012#10,770 (6)———
2011#9,600 (7)———
2010#9,693 (7)———
2009#9,864 (7)———
2008#8,324 (9)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1917 at #1,900.
  • First recorded in the US in 1913.

How common is it?

about 1 in 330,000 baby boys in the published US 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.