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How popular is the name Nyall?
Births per year, rank history and how many Nyalls are alive today.
Nyall (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2018 (ranked 2445th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 1997, when 12 babies were given the name, the 1113th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2012, with 11 babies given the name that year. Nyall is one spelling of a name also recorded as Nial; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Nyall you are most likely to meet is around 27 years old. Half of all Nyalls born in England and Wales are between 18 and 32, and there are at least 440 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 Nyall - on average, only one in every 689 such rooms contains a Nyall.
How many babies are named Nyall each year?
Includes all spellings: Nyall, Nial. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Nyall spelling rank?
Where does the Nial 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 Nyall most popular?
Nyall peaked in 1998, when 25 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Nyall?
At least 440 people named Nyall in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Nyall?
Most living Nyalls are between 18 and 32; the most common age is about 27.
Is Nyall becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.