Niels
Niels is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 13 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 130.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 195731 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1893
- 1,446people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,446 boys have been named Niels in the United States since 1893, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1957, with 31 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1970, and the 1950s alone account for 12%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Niels | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 79 | |
| 1920s | 110 | |
| 1930s | 86 | |
| 1940s | 92 | |
| 1950s | 180 | |
| 1960s | 156 | |
| 1970s | 138 | |
| 1980s | 128 | |
| 1990s | 132 | |
| 2000s | 124 | |
| 2010s | 151 | |
| 2020s | 60 |
In 1957, its biggest year
Niels was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1957 were Michael, James, David, Robert and John. See all of 1957.
Names that rose and fell with Niels
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Vincentpeak 1962
- Teodoropeak 2024
- Benitopeak 2023
- Carlopeak 2024
- Alfonsopeak 1991
- Justopeak 1986
- Vaughnpeak 1949
- Franzpeak 1963
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.