Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Niall” in the USA?

Number of people named “Niall” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Niall” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Niall” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Niall” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Niall” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Niall” by birth year

This chart shows how “Niall” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1955 5 0.000001245 5 -100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 -100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 -100%
1959 7 0.000001684 7 -100%
1960 6 0.000001444 6 -100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 -100%
1964 14 0.000003601 14 -100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 -100%
1968 10 0.00000296 10 -100%
1969 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1970 14 0.000003882 14 -100%
1971 16 0.000004662 16 -100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 -100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 -100%
1974 7 0.000002303 7 -100%
1975 12 0.000003974 12 -100%
1976 11 0.000003625 11 -100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 -100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 -100%
1979 11 0.000003306 11 -100%
1980 11 0.000003193 11 -100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 -100%
1982 14 0.000003991 14 -100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 -100%
1984 10 0.000002866 10 -100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 -100%
1986 21 0.000005904 21 -100%
1987 15 0.00000416 15 -100%
1988 18 0.000004871 18 -100%
1989 28 0.000007283 28 -100%
1990 25 0.000006325 25 -100%
1991 45 0.000011552 45 -100%
1992 30 0.00000781 30 -100%
1993 35 0.000009283 35 -100%
1994 37 0.000009953 37 -100%
1995 31 0.000008465 31 -100%
1996 34 0.000009322 34 -100%
1997 35 0.000009653 35 -100%
1998 29 0.000007884 29 -100%
1999 33 0.000008934 33 -100%
2000 37 0.000009789 37 -100%
2001 34 0.000009083 34 -100%
2002 32 0.00000856 32 -100%
2003 39 0.000010257 39 -100%
2004 34 0.000008898 34 -100%
2005 28 0.000007282 28 -100%
2006 35 0.000008847 35 -100%
2007 33 0.000008255 33 -100%
2008 33 0.000008396 33 -100%
2009 22 0.000005759 22 -100%
2010 18 0.00000487 18 -100%
2011 34 0.000009295 34 -100%
2012 43 0.000011757 43 -100%
2013 69 0.000018927 69 -100%
2014 64 0.000017268 64 -100%
2015 55 0.000014861 55 -100%
2016 53 0.000014447 53 -100%
2017 76 0.000021252 76 -100%
2018 96 0.000027305 96 -100%
2019 68 0.000019591 68 -100%
2020 66 0.000019757 66 -100%
2021 84 0.000024794 84 -100%
2022 77 0.00002276 77 -100%
2023 89 0.000026879 89 -100%
2024 109 0.000032747 109 -100%

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