Nilson was the #7,194 boys' name in the US in 2025 (11 babies).
Nilson as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#7,194 (11)
2024
#6,199 (14)
2023
#8,921 (8)
2022
#10,863 (6)
2020
#10,605 (6)
2019
#5,340 (17)
2018
#6,036 (14)
2017
#10,775 (6)
2016
#6,053 (14)
2015
#7,066 (11)
2014
#8,781 (8)
2013
#7,537 (10)
2012
#7,050 (11)
2011
#6,578 (12)
2010
#8,803 (8)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 2019 at #5,340.
Rising over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1982.
How common is it?
about 1 in 170,000 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.