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How popular is the name Nile?
Births per year, rank history and how many Niles are alive today.
Nile (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Niall in England and Wales, ranked 1359th in 2025 and given to 20 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2000, when 31 babies were given the name, the 596th most popular that year.
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 Nile each year?
Includes all spellings: Nile, Niall, Nyle. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Nile spelling rank?
Where does the Niall 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 Nile most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Niall, peaked in 1996, when 508 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Nile spelling itself peaked in 2000, with 31 babies.
How many people are called Nile?
At least 10,000 people named Nile in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Nile?
Most living Niles are between 18 and 33; the most common age is about 30.
Is Nile becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.