Nile
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #1,837 for boys in 2025, 86 births
Given to boys 90.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1896 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,696since 1895
Nile over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | #1,837 | 86 |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | #1,938 | 81 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | #1,765 | 92 |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 | #1,597 | 110 |
| 2021 | #4,507 | 30 | #1,419 | 129 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | #1,766 | 86 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | #1,954 | 75 |
| 2018 | #7,409 | 15 | #1,959 | 75 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | #2,270 | 58 |
| 2016 | #8,393 | 13 | #1,845 | 81 |
| 2015 | #7,266 | 16 | #2,328 | 56 |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 | #1,979 | 72 |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | #2,492 | 49 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #2,066 | 66 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | #2,437 | 51 |
| 2010 | — | #2,069 | 65 | |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | #2,800 | 43 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #2,583 | 48 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | #2,416 | 53 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #2,513 | 48 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | #2,493 | 45 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | #3,368 | 28 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | #2,269 | 47 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #2,337 | 44 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | #1,982 | 54 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #2,222 | 44 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #1,903 | 51 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #1,931 | 50 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #1,859 | 50 |
| 1996 | — | #1,817 | 50 | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #1,623 | 56 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #1,822 | 47 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #1,769 | 48 |
| 1992 | — | #1,820 | 45 | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #2,295 | 31 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #2,432 | 28 |
| 1989 | — | #2,245 | 30 | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #2,509 | 23 |
| 1987 | — | #2,333 | 24 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,601 | 20 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,710 | 18 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,232 | 23 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,912 | 15 | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | — | #2,204 | 23 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,058 | 26 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,236 | 22 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,203 | 12 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,709 | 15 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | — | #3,120 | 11 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,606 | 14 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,659 | 13 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,370 | 9 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,071 | 10 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,217 | 15 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,735 | 10 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,242 | 13 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,327 | 12 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,476 | 11 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,900 | 18 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,115 | 15 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,364 | 12 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,242 | 14 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,042 | 16 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,111 | 15 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,093 | 15 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,375 | 12 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,821 | 19 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,979 | 16 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,207 | 13 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,480 | 26 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,749 | 19 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,246 | 12 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,499 | 24 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,872 | 16 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,656 | 20 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,850 | 17 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,509 | 22 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,697 | 16 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,212 | 30 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,399 | 25 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,381 | 25 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,333 | 25 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,031 | 39 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,238 | 28 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,476 | 21 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,756 | 16 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,417 | 22 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,127 | 12 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,022 | 13 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,361 | 24 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,324 | 27 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,333 | 27 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,428 | 26 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,096 | 14 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,413 | 27 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,372 | 29 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,353 | 29 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,304 | 31 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,355 | 30 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,322 | 30 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,591 | 23 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,829 | 19 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,820 | 19 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,408 | 26 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,404 | 26 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,437 | 24 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,265 | 28 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,181 | 30 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,772 | 13 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,945 | 9 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,174 | 16 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1895
The first year at least five boys were named Nile! It came in at #1,079, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1904, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Nile is popular in 1905
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 101 spots since 2024 (#1,938 → #1,837)
- 71 spots since 2020 (#1,766 → #1,837)
- 491 spots since 2015 (#2,328 → #1,837)
- Biggest jump: 179 spots in 1896 (#1,079 → #900)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 1896 at #900 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1896–1905
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,562
- Highest: 1 in 13,562 boys born in 2021 were named Nile (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 19,861 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #900 in 1896, was only 1 in 17,081 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 17.5% of all boys named Nile (648) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 17 | #900 (1896) | #1,010 |
| 1900s | 13 | #919 (1905) | #1,132 |
| 1910s | 177 | #1,174 (1912) | #1,464 |
| 1920s | 251 | #1,304 (1925) | #1,546 |
| 1930s | 216 | #1,238 (1939) | #1,548 |
| 1940s | 235 | #1,031 (1940) | #1,494 |
| 1950s | 171 | #1,480 (1953) | #1,956 |
| 1960s | 136 | #1,900 (1964) | #2,266 |
| 1970s | 125 | #2,236 (1979) | #3,150 |
| 1980s | 213 | #2,058 (1980) | #2,550 |
| 1990s | 456 | #1,623 (1995) | #1,927 |
| 2000s | 454 | #1,982 (2001) | #2,498 |
| 2010s | 648 | #1,845 (2016) | #2,140 |
| 2020s | 584 | #1,419 (2021) | #1,720 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Nile in 1905
boys
#919
8 births · 1 in 16,538 boys
Top boys' names in 1905
More about 1905
boys
132,306 boys got a published name in 1905; 1 in 16,538 of them was named Nile, which outranked 35.3% of the 1,421 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).