Nils

#4,857 for boys in 2025, 20 births

Peak · boys
#815
1888 · 7 births
Debut · boys
1888
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,083
since 1888

Nils over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Nils has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #815, 1888boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#4,85720
2024#4,89020
2023#4,34324
2022#5,87415
2021#6,03214
2020#4,69820
2019#4,80620
2018#4,09425
2017#5,11118
2016#4,62421
2015#4,71120
2014#4,39222
2013#3,96425
2012#3,89426
2011#4,98318
2010#3,45331
2009#4,27823
2008#4,14524
2007#4,24323
2006#3,38431
2005#3,71025
2004#4,60218
2003#3,73223
2002#3,02230
2001#2,48939
2000#2,99329
1999#2,30039
1998#3,29623
1997#2,68029
1996#2,33234
1995#2,76226
1994#2,25935
1993#2,20935
1992#2,36231
1991#2,46928
1990#2,04936
1989#2,46926
1988#2,43724
1987#2,40023
1986#1,87332
1985#1,83432
1984#2,03626
1983#1,95527
1982#2,16624
1981#2,13824
1980#1,56938
1979#1,53238
1978#1,71831
1977#2,06323
1976#1,87326
1975#1,65830
1974#1,54632
1973#1,87123
1972#1,77125
1971#1,46634
1970#1,19248
1969#1,23141
1968#1,36632
1967#1,38830
1966#1,11644
1965#1,38631
1964#1,37133
1963#1,23839
1962#1,27937
1961#1,32236
1960#1,46330
1959#1,46729
1958#1,44629
1957#1,30036
1956#1,36232
1955#1,29434
1954#1,15142
1953#1,45527
1952#1,29733
1951#1,77418
1950#1,22035
1949#1,27532
1948#1,17337
1947#1,48225
1946#1,32728
1945#1,37823
1944#1,19331
1943#1,83316
1942#1,33427
1941#1,33325
1940#1,27528
1939#1,42522
1938#1,17131
1937#1,34425
1936#1,29626
1935#1,29527
1934#1,02440
1933#1,18131
1932#1,17533
1931#1,36126
1930#1,46325
1929#1,27231
1928#1,44826
1927#2,29813
1926#1,72020
1925#1,93517
1924#1,62823
1923#2,33113
1922#2,24014
1921#1,76620
1920#1,88518
1919#1,69520
1918#1,82718
1917#1,58721
1916#1,50522
1915#1,41023
1914#1,54516
1913#1,49713
1912#1,61910
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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.

See more about Nils
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7#815 (1888)#815
1890s0——
1900s6#1,200 (1907)#1,200
1910s143#1,410 (1915)#1,586
1920s195#1,272 (1929)#1,852
1930s286#1,024 (1934)#1,274
1940s272#1,173 (1948)#1,360
1950s315#1,151 (1954)#1,377
1960s353#1,116 (1966)#1,316
1970s310#1,192 (1970)#1,669
1980s276#1,569 (1980)#2,088
1990s316#2,049 (1990)#2,472
2000s265#2,489 (2001)#3,660
2010s226#3,453 (2010)#4,403
2020s113#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 1934

boys
#1,024
40 births · 1 in 25,815 boys

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #1,024Nils40
More about 1934

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 25,815 of them was named Nils, which outranked 75.6% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nils
  1. #1,007Theodis41
  2. #1,007Turner41
  3. #1,007Willam41
  4. #1,024Nils40
  5. #1,024Arvel40
  6. #1,024Denton40
  7. #1,024Domenick40
  8. #1,038Aldo39
  9. #1,038Allyn39
  10. #1,038Brice39

Tied with 13 names at #1,024; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 746Lanny#1,361 → #615
  2. ↑ 630Kerry#1,586 → #956
  3. ↑ 620Marland#1,456 → #836
  4. ↑ 404Kirk#1,202 → #798
  5. ↑ 350Valentin#1,281 → #931
Fallers
  1. ↓ 730Neville#995 → #1,725
  2. ↓ 616Garner#770 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 520Vivian#905 → #1,425
  4. ↓ 488Finis#869 → #1,357
  5. ↓ 464Malcom#961 → #1,425

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1934 →