Masculine dossier · first seen 1893

Niels

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1957

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1893Peak 19572024

Peak year

1957

Decline from peak

58.1%

2024

All-time

1,446

Niels has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1957, when 31 boys were named Niels.

In 2024, only 13 boys were given the name.

Down 58.1% from its peak.

All told, about 1,446 Americans have been named Niels and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1893.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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