Masculine dossier · first seen 1888

Nils

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1970

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1888Peak 19702024

Peak year

1970

Decline from peak

58.3%

2024

All-time

3,061

Nils 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 1970, when 48 boys were named Nils.

In 2024, only 20 boys were given the name.

Down 58.3% from its peak.

All told, about 3,061 Americans have been named Nils and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1888.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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