Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Niel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Niel” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Niel” 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 “Niel” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Niel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Niel” 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
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1915 7 0.00000382 7 -100%
1916 7 0.000003619 7 -100%
1917 16 0.000007973 16 -100%
1918 10 0.000004606 10 -100%
1919 11 0.000005213 11 -100%
1920 12 0.000005304 12 -100%
1921 15 0.000006425 15 -100%
1922 9 0.000003932 9 -100%
1923 8 0.000003475 8 -100%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 -100%
1925 9 0.000003857 9 -100%
1926 16 0.000006969 16 -100%
1927 13 0.000005605 13 -100%
1928 8 0.000003538 8 -100%
1929 12 0.000005474 12 -100%
1930 17 0.000007646 17 -100%
1931 18 0.000008554 18 -100%
1932 15 0.000007105 15 -100%
1933 13 0.000006502 13 -100%
1934 13 0.00000626 13 -100%
1935 12 0.000005742 12 -100%
1936 15 0.00000722 15 -100%
1937 15 0.00000704 15 -100%
1938 19 0.000008587 19 -100%
1939 17 0.000007715 17 -100%
1940 19 0.000008251 19 -100%
1941 11 0.000004515 11 -100%
1942 17 0.000006223 17 -100%
1943 13 0.000004606 13 -100%
1944 14 0.000005204 14 -100%
1945 19 0.000007162 19 -100%
1946 18 0.000005633 18 -100%
1947 23 0.000006385 23 -100%
1948 16 0.000004634 16 -100%
1949 19 0.000005452 19 -100%
1950 22 0.00000628 22 -100%
1951 20 0.000005429 20 -100%
1952 13 0.000003423 13 -100%
1953 24 0.000006228 24 -100%
1954 21 0.000005275 21 -100%
1955 23 0.000005728 23 -100%
1956 20 0.000004851 20 -100%
1957 21 0.000004997 21 -100%
1958 26 0.000006289 26 -100%
1959 23 0.000005532 23 -100%
1960 22 0.000005296 22 -100%
1961 16 0.000003863 16 -100%
1962 23 0.0000057 23 -100%
1963 17 0.000004295 17 -100%
1964 16 0.000004116 16 -100%
1965 23 0.000006344 23 -100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1967 17 0.000005008 17 -100%
1968 13 0.000003848 13 -100%
1969 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1970 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1971 15 0.00000437 15 -100%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 -100%
1973 13 0.000004309 13 -100%
1974 19 0.00000625 19 -100%
1975 8 0.00000265 8 -100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 -100%
1977 17 0.000005352 17 -100%
1978 20 0.000006301 20 -100%
1979 14 0.000004208 14 -100%
1980 21 0.000006097 21 -100%
1981 12 0.000003469 12 -100%
1982 13 0.000003706 13 -100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 -100%
1984 16 0.000004586 16 -100%
1985 13 0.000003642 13 -100%
1986 15 0.000004217 15 -100%
1987 13 0.000003605 13 -100%
1988 10 0.000002706 10 -100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
1990 9 0.000002277 9 -100%
1991 7 0.000001797 7 -100%
1992 11 0.000002864 11 -100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 -100%
1994 14 0.000003766 14 -100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 -100%
1996 10 0.000002742 10 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1998 6 0.000001631 6 -100%
1999 7 0.000001895 7 -100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 -100%
2001 13 0.000003473 13 -100%
2002 7 0.000001873 7 -100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
2007 12 0.000003002 12 -100%
2008 9 0.00000229 9 -100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 -100%
2011 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 -100%
2013 9 0.000002469 9 -100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 -100%
2016 11 0.000002998 11 -100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 -100%
2019 8 0.000002305 8 -100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 -100%
2022 13 0.000003843 13 -100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 -100%

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