Masculine dossier · first seen 1929

Nigel

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1994

Peak era

1994

Peak rank proxy

447

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1929Peak 19942024

Peak year

1994

Decline from peak

85.2%

2024

All-time

12,211

Nigel 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 1994, when 447 boys were named Nigel.

In 2024, only 66 boys were given the name.

Down 85.2% from its peak.

All told, about 12,211 Americans have been named Nigel and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1929.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1994

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