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How popular is the name Nye?
Births per year, rank history and how many Nyes are alive today.
Nye (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2664th in 2025 and given to 8 babies. The name peaked in 2012, when 15 babies were given the name, the 1589th most popular that year.
The Nye you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old - or else around 2: the name has two living generations. Half of all Nyes born in England and Wales are between 9 and 23, and there are at least 210 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 Nye - on average, only one in every 1,443 such rooms contains a Nye.
How many babies are named Nye each year?
Where does Nye 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 Nye most popular?
Nye peaked in 2012, when 15 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Nye?
At least 210 people named Nye born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Nye?
Most living Nyes are between 9 and 23; the most common age is about 15. There is a second cluster around 2.
Is Nye becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.