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How popular is the name Niall?
Births per year, rank history and how many Nialls are alive today.
Niall (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 745th in 2025 with 46 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 1996, when 462 babies were given the name, the 106th most popular that year. It has declined since 1996; the 2025 figure is roughly 10% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 5,700 babies have been named Niall in England and Wales since 1996. Niall is one spelling of a name also recorded as Nile and Nyle; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Niall you are most likely to meet is around 30 years old. Half of all Nialls born in England and Wales are between 18 and 33, and there are at least 10,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 3.2% chance that at least one of them will be called Niall.
How many babies are named Niall each year?
Includes all spellings: Niall, Nile, Nyle. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Niall spelling rank?
Where does the Nile spelling rank?
Where does the Nyle spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Niall most popular?
Niall peaked in 1996, when 508 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Niall?
At least 10,000 people named Niall in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Niall?
Most living Nialls are between 18 and 33; the most common age is about 30.
Is Niall becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1996 peak.