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Nilan: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 43 in 2025. Its best rank was #2,250 in 2021.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #2,250 in 2021; #2,916 in 2025. About 90% of babies named Nilan in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,916 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2021, at #2,250.
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Nilan: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 43 boys in 2025. Peak: #2,250 in 2021 · most boys in one year: 63 (2021).
In 2025, 43 US boys were named Nilan, making it the 2,916th most common boys’ name of the year, up 72 places from #2,988 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 42 boys named Nilan in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #2,250, reached in 2021. That year also had the most boys given the name: 63. For comparison, it was #7,398 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 5 US girls were named Nilan, making it the 16,598th most common girls’ name of the year. Its best rank for girls was #16,598, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 5. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Nilan in 18 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 2006 with 5 babies. In all, 466 US babies have been given the name, 1.1% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 296 babies named Nilan.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 397 US boys were named Nilan; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 63. In 2025 that was about 1 in 39,723 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Nilan ranked highest in Texas in 2025, at #1,861 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 49 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 9 | #1,861 | — |
| California | 7 | #2,144 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).