Meaning not yet researched.
Nile: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 86 in 2025. Its best rank was #950 in 1896.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #950 in 1896; #1,848 in 2025. About 91% of babies named Nile in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,848 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1896, at #950.
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Nile: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 86 boys in 2025. Peak: #950 in 1896 · most boys in one year: 129 (2021).
In 2025, 86 US boys were named Nile, making it the 1,848th most common boys’ name of the year, up 100 places from #1,948 in 2024. That is 5 more than the 81 boys named Nile in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #950, reached in 1896. The most boys given the name in a single year was 129, in 2021. For comparison, it was #2,341 in 2015 and #1,525 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Nile in 120 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1895 with 5 babies. In all, 4,066 US babies have been given the name, 9.1% of them girls and 91% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 760 babies named Nile.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 873 US boys were named Nile; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 129. In 2025 that was about 1 in 19,861 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Nile ranked highest in Iowa in 2025, at #555 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Niles (4,455 babies since 1880), Neil (105,254 babies since 1880), Nell (27,710 babies since 1880) and Nelle (5,794 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Niyel are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Niyel (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Nile in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 45 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 6 | #555 | #495 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | #855 | — |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,422 | — |
| Florida | 8 | #1,439 | — |
| New York | 7 | #1,520 | — |
| Texas | 5 | #2,845 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #11,642 | 86 | #1,848 |
| 2024 | 10 | #10,054 | 81 | #1,948 |
| 2023 | 7 | #13,089 | 92 | #1,770 |
| 2022 | 16 | #7,204 | 110 | #1,605 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,579 | 129 | #1,421 |
| 2020 | 10 | #10,075 | 86 | #1,773 |
| 2019 | 10 | #10,273 | 75 | #1,971 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,662 | 75 | #1,971 |
| 2017 | 14 | #8,171 | 58 | #2,289 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,743 | 81 | #1,855 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,512 | 56 | #2,341 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,962 | 72 | #1,992 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,928 | 49 | #2,514 |
| 2012 | 7 | #14,601 | 66 | #2,085 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,909 | 51 | #2,466 |
| 2010 | — | — | 65 | #2,087 |
| 2009 | 8 | #13,362 | 43 | #2,831 |
| 2008 | 7 | #14,971 | 48 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,879 | 53 | #2,429 |
| 2006 | 7 | #14,706 | 48 | #2,530 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,716 | 45 | #2,516 |
| 2004 | 17 | #7,015 | 28 | #3,429 |
| 2003 | 8 | #12,089 | 47 | #2,300 |
| 2002 | 7 | #13,248 | 44 | #2,359 |
| 2001 | 11 | #9,196 | 54 | #2,000 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,685 | 44 | #2,244 |
| 1999 | 7 | #12,301 | 51 | #1,924 |
| 1998 | 10 | #9,090 | 50 | #1,950 |
| 1997 | 11 | #8,179 | 50 | #1,877 |
| 1996 | — | — | 50 | #1,835 |
| 1995 | 6 | #12,893 | 56 | #1,640 |
| 1994 | 9 | #9,374 | 47 | #1,846 |
| 1993 | 5 | #15,078 | 48 | #1,784 |
| 1992 | — | — | 45 | #1,831 |
| 1991 | 6 | #12,622 | 31 | #2,335 |
| 1990 | 6 | #12,435 | 28 | #2,473 |
| 1989 | — | — | 30 | #2,275 |
| 1988 | 7 | #10,030 | 23 | #2,570 |
| 1987 | — | — | 24 | #2,377 |
| 1986 | — | — | 20 | #2,662 |
| 1985 | — | — | 18 | #2,795 |
| 1984 | — | — | 23 | #2,272 |
| 1983 | — | — | 15 | #3,026 |
| 1982 | 6 | #10,074 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1981 | — | — | 23 | #2,251 |
| 1980 | — | — | 26 | #2,099 |
| 1979 | — | — | 22 | #2,290 |
| 1978 | — | — | 5 | #6,487 |
| 1977 | — | — | 12 | #3,323 |
| 1976 | — | — | 15 | #2,787 |
| 1975 | 5 | #10,102 | 14 | #2,864 |
| 1974 | — | — | 11 | #3,264 |
| 1973 | — | — | 14 | #2,682 |
| 1972 | — | — | 13 | #2,777 |
| 1971 | — | — | 9 | #3,577 |
| 1970 | — | — | 10 | #3,210 |
| 1969 | — | — | 15 | #2,278 |
| 1968 | — | — | 10 | #2,859 |
| 1967 | — | — | 13 | #2,315 |
| 1966 | — | — | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1965 | — | — | 11 | #2,577 |
| 1964 | — | — | 18 | #1,955 |
| 1963 | — | — | 15 | #2,174 |
| 1962 | — | — | 12 | #2,472 |
| 1961 | — | — | 14 | #2,308 |
| 1960 | — | — | 16 | #2,096 |
| 1959 | — | — | 15 | #2,173 |
| 1958 | — | — | 15 | #2,144 |
| 1957 | — | — | 12 | #2,457 |
| 1956 | — | — | 19 | #1,870 |
| 1955 | — | — | 16 | #2,024 |
| 1954 | — | — | 13 | #2,283 |
| 1953 | — | — | 26 | #1,497 |
| 1952 | — | — | 19 | #1,789 |
| 1951 | — | — | 12 | #2,335 |
| 1950 | — | — | 24 | #1,525 |
| 1949 | — | — | 16 | #1,920 |
| 1948 | — | — | 20 | #1,691 |
| 1947 | — | — | 17 | #1,894 |
| 1946 | — | — | 22 | #1,543 |
| 1945 | — | — | 16 | #1,744 |
| 1944 | — | — | 30 | #1,228 |
| 1943 | — | — | 25 | #1,426 |
| 1942 | — | — | 25 | #1,408 |
| 1941 | — | — | 25 | #1,363 |
| 1940 | — | — | 39 | #1,045 |
| 1939 | — | — | 28 | #1,262 |
| 1938 | — | — | 21 | #1,511 |
| 1937 | — | — | 16 | #1,808 |
| 1936 | — | — | 22 | #1,449 |
| 1935 | — | — | 12 | #2,211 |
| 1934 | — | — | 13 | #2,089 |
| 1933 | — | — | 24 | #1,396 |
| 1932 | — | — | 27 | #1,348 |
| 1931 | — | — | 27 | #1,353 |
| 1930 | — | — | 26 | #1,453 |
| 1929 | — | — | 14 | #2,168 |
| 1928 | — | — | 27 | #1,439 |
| 1927 | — | — | 29 | #1,396 |
| 1926 | — | — | 29 | #1,374 |
| 1925 | — | — | 31 | #1,324 |
| 1924 | — | — | 30 | #1,371 |
| 1923 | — | — | 30 | #1,349 |
| 1922 | — | — | 23 | #1,625 |
| 1921 | — | — | 19 | #1,877 |
| 1920 | — | — | 19 | #1,862 |
| 1919 | — | — | 26 | #1,439 |
| 1918 | — | — | 26 | #1,434 |
| 1917 | — | — | 24 | #1,470 |
| 1916 | — | — | 28 | #1,292 |
| 1915 | — | — | 30 | #1,207 |
| 1914 | — | — | 13 | #1,836 |
| 1913 | — | — | 9 | #2,047 |
| 1912 | — | — | 16 | #1,210 |
| 1910 | — | — | 5 | #1,776 |
| 1907 | — | — | 5 | #1,487 |
| 1905 | — | — | 8 | #980 |
| 1899 | — | — | 5 | #1,157 |
| 1896 | — | — | 7 | #950 |
| 1895 | — | — | 5 | #1,202 |
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).