Niel
Niel is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 195826 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1913
- 1,379people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,379 boys have been named Niel in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1958, with 26 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 26 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1959, and the 1950s alone account for 15%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Niel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 58 | |
| 1920s | 109 | |
| 1930s | 154 | |
| 1940s | 169 | |
| 1950s | 213 | |
| 1960s | 168 | |
| 1970s | 136 | |
| 1980s | 129 | |
| 1990s | 86 | |
| 2000s | 73 | |
| 2010s | 61 | |
| 2020s | 23 |
In 1958, its biggest year
Niel was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1958 were Michael, David, James, Robert and John. See all of 1958.
Names that rose and fell with Niel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lennardpeak 1949
- Kennardpeak 1954
- Lyndellpeak 1942
- Doranpeak 1954
- Theodispeak 1955
- Sherwinpeak 1935
- Neillpeak 1950
- Derrelpeak 1988
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.