Masculine dossier · first seen 1913

Niel

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Niel
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1958

Peak era

1958

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Boomer

1913Peak 19582024

Peak year

1958

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

1,379

Niel is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1958, when 26 boys were named Niel.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 1,379 Americans have been named Niel and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1913.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1958

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