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How popular is the name Niles?
Births per year, rank history and how many Nileses are alive today.
Niles (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2018 (ranked 3959th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 1998, when 9 babies were given the name, the 1367th most popular that year.
The Niles you are most likely to meet is around 27 years old. Half of all Nileses born in England and Wales are between 14 and 30, and there are at least 120 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Niles - on average, only one in every 2,525 such rooms contains a Niles.
How many babies are named Niles each year?
Where does Niles rank among boys' names?
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 Niles most popular?
Niles peaked in 1998, when 9 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Niles?
At least 120 people named Niles born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Niles?
Most living Nileses are between 14 and 30; the most common age is about 27.
Is Niles becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.