Niels
Rank in 2025
#5861
recorded as boys
Up 338 since 2024
Babies in 2025
15
boys 15
Peak year
1893
5 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
1,462
since 1893
Born a Niels? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Niels was most popular in 1893, when 5 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.04 per 1,000). In 2025, 15 babies were named Niels, ranking #5861 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 15 | 5861 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 14 | 6199 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 7 | 9763 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 18 | 5215 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 10 | 7587 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 12 | 6620 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 14 | 6104 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 7 | 9670 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 14 | 6060 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 21 | 4624 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 18 | 5058 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 17 | 5252 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 14 | 5923 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 15 | 5720 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 14 | 5945 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 17 | 5251 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 6 | 10994 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 10 | 7698 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 14 | 5901 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 10 | 7427 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 11 | 6634 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 11 | 6520 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 13 | 5558 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 15 | 4919 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 21 | 3842 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 13 | 5297 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 14 | 4762 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 13 | 4873 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 8 | 6618 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 14 | 4396 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 12 | 4791 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 14 | 4290 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 15 | 4020 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 13 | 4327 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 12 | 4476 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 17 | 3467 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 11 | 4527 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 11 | 4162 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 9 | 4573 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 12 | 3653 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 18 | 2710 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 16 | 2824 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 11 | 3630 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 13 | 3282 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 17 | 2680 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 10 | 3838 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 13 | 3168 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 15 | 2799 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 12 | 3203 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 11 | 3264 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 13 | 2902 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 13 | 2799 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 17 | 2311 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 15 | 2418 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 9 | 3370 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 20 | 1989 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 18 | 1977 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 19 | 1836 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 15 | 2030 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 13 | 2216 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 16 | 1987 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 20 | 1793 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 15 | 2115 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 17 | 1962 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 17 | 1997 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 6 | 3665 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 17 | 1974 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 17 | 1953 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 31 | 1411 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 16 | 2015 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 20 | 1725 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 19 | 1762 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 14 | 2099 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 14 | 2073 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 12 | 2246 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 20 | 1657 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 9 | 2606 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 15 | 1943 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 14 | 2076 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 5 | 3525 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 8 | 2574 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 9 | 2467 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 11 | 2277 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 7 | 2940 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 6 | 3133 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 8 | 2671 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 9 | 2449 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 5 | 3534 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 12 | 2088 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 5 | 3549 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 6 | 3252 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 9 | 2563 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 10 | 2368 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 8 | 2849 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 9 | 2651 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 13 | 2178 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 13 | 2199 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 11 | 2522 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 17 | 1959 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 9 | 2904 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 11 | 2588 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 7 | 3505 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 7 | 3467 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 11 | 2630 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 13 | 2376 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 11 | 2602 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 10 | 2665 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 11 | 2543 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 11 | 2423 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 5 | 3897 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 14 | 1968 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 12 | 1868 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 7 | 2273 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 9 | 1746 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1910 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1909 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1908 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1907 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1906 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1905 | <5 | — | 5 | 1233 |
| 1904 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1903 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1900 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1899 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1898 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1897 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1896 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1895 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1894 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1893 | <5 | — | 5 | 1035 |
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