Nils
#4,857 for boys in 2025, 20 births
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,083since 1888
Nils over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Nils has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,857 | 20 |
| 2024 | #4,890 | 20 |
| 2023 | #4,343 | 24 |
| 2022 | #5,874 | 15 |
| 2021 | #6,032 | 14 |
| 2020 | #4,698 | 20 |
| 2019 | #4,806 | 20 |
| 2018 | #4,094 | 25 |
| 2017 | #5,111 | 18 |
| 2016 | #4,624 | 21 |
| 2015 | #4,711 | 20 |
| 2014 | #4,392 | 22 |
| 2013 | #3,964 | 25 |
| 2012 | #3,894 | 26 |
| 2011 | #4,983 | 18 |
| 2010 | #3,453 | 31 |
| 2009 | #4,278 | 23 |
| 2008 | #4,145 | 24 |
| 2007 | #4,243 | 23 |
| 2006 | #3,384 | 31 |
| 2005 | #3,710 | 25 |
| 2004 | #4,602 | 18 |
| 2003 | #3,732 | 23 |
| 2002 | #3,022 | 30 |
| 2001 | #2,489 | 39 |
| 2000 | #2,993 | 29 |
| 1999 | #2,300 | 39 |
| 1998 | #3,296 | 23 |
| 1997 | #2,680 | 29 |
| 1996 | #2,332 | 34 |
| 1995 | #2,762 | 26 |
| 1994 | #2,259 | 35 |
| 1993 | #2,209 | 35 |
| 1992 | #2,362 | 31 |
| 1991 | #2,469 | 28 |
| 1990 | #2,049 | 36 |
| 1989 | #2,469 | 26 |
| 1988 | #2,437 | 24 |
| 1987 | #2,400 | 23 |
| 1986 | #1,873 | 32 |
| 1985 | #1,834 | 32 |
| 1984 | #2,036 | 26 |
| 1983 | #1,955 | 27 |
| 1982 | #2,166 | 24 |
| 1981 | #2,138 | 24 |
| 1980 | #1,569 | 38 |
| 1979 | #1,532 | 38 |
| 1978 | #1,718 | 31 |
| 1977 | #2,063 | 23 |
| 1976 | #1,873 | 26 |
| 1975 | #1,658 | 30 |
| 1974 | #1,546 | 32 |
| 1973 | #1,871 | 23 |
| 1972 | #1,771 | 25 |
| 1971 | #1,466 | 34 |
| 1970 | #1,192 | 48 |
| 1969 | #1,231 | 41 |
| 1968 | #1,366 | 32 |
| 1967 | #1,388 | 30 |
| 1966 | #1,116 | 44 |
| 1965 | #1,386 | 31 |
| 1964 | #1,371 | 33 |
| 1963 | #1,238 | 39 |
| 1962 | #1,279 | 37 |
| 1961 | #1,322 | 36 |
| 1960 | #1,463 | 30 |
| 1959 | #1,467 | 29 |
| 1958 | #1,446 | 29 |
| 1957 | #1,300 | 36 |
| 1956 | #1,362 | 32 |
| 1955 | #1,294 | 34 |
| 1954 | #1,151 | 42 |
| 1953 | #1,455 | 27 |
| 1952 | #1,297 | 33 |
| 1951 | #1,774 | 18 |
| 1950 | #1,220 | 35 |
| 1949 | #1,275 | 32 |
| 1948 | #1,173 | 37 |
| 1947 | #1,482 | 25 |
| 1946 | #1,327 | 28 |
| 1945 | #1,378 | 23 |
| 1944 | #1,193 | 31 |
| 1943 | #1,833 | 16 |
| 1942 | #1,334 | 27 |
| 1941 | #1,333 | 25 |
| 1940 | #1,275 | 28 |
| 1939 | #1,425 | 22 |
| 1938 | #1,171 | 31 |
| 1937 | #1,344 | 25 |
| 1936 | #1,296 | 26 |
| 1935 | #1,295 | 27 |
| 1934 | #1,024 | 40 |
| 1933 | #1,181 | 31 |
| 1932 | #1,175 | 33 |
| 1931 | #1,361 | 26 |
| 1930 | #1,463 | 25 |
| 1929 | #1,272 | 31 |
| 1928 | #1,448 | 26 |
| 1927 | #2,298 | 13 |
| 1926 | #1,720 | 20 |
| 1925 | #1,935 | 17 |
| 1924 | #1,628 | 23 |
| 1923 | #2,331 | 13 |
| 1922 | #2,240 | 14 |
| 1921 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1920 | #1,885 | 18 |
| 1919 | #1,695 | 20 |
| 1918 | #1,827 | 18 |
| 1917 | #1,587 | 21 |
| 1916 | #1,505 | 22 |
| 1915 | #1,410 | 23 |
| 1914 | #1,545 | 16 |
| 1913 | #1,497 | 13 |
| 1912 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | — | |
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| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1888
The first year at least five boys were named Nils! It came in at #815, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1906, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 33 spots since 2024 (#4,890 → #4,857)
- 159 spots since 2020 (#4,698 → #4,857)
- 146 spots since 2015 (#4,711 → #4,857)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1888 at #815 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1888
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,265
- Highest: 1 in 17,265 boys born in 1888 were named Nils (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 85,404 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 11.4% of all boys named Nils (353) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | #815 (1888) | #815 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 6 | #1,200 (1907) | #1,200 |
| 1910s | 143 | #1,410 (1915) | #1,586 |
| 1920s | 195 | #1,272 (1929) | #1,852 |
| 1930s | 286 | #1,024 (1934) | #1,274 |
| 1940s | 272 | #1,173 (1948) | #1,360 |
| 1950s | 315 | #1,151 (1954) | #1,377 |
| 1960s | 353 | #1,116 (1966) | #1,316 |
| 1970s | 310 | #1,192 (1970) | #1,669 |
| 1980s | 276 | #1,569 (1980) | #2,088 |
| 1990s | 316 | #2,049 (1990) | #2,472 |
| 2000s | 265 | #2,489 (2001) | #3,660 |
| 2010s | 226 | #3,453 (2010) | #4,403 |
| 2020s | 113 | #4,343 (2023) | #5,116 |
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.
Nils in 1888
boys
#815
7 births · 1 in 17,265 boys
Top boys' names in 1888
More about 1888
boys
120,852 boys got a published name in 1888; 1 in 17,265 of them was named Nils, which outranked 30.8% of the 1,177 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 39.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).