Nil
Rank in 2025
#7885
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
13
girls 13
Peak year
2024
18 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
280
since 1989
Born a Nil? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Nil was most popular in 2024, when 18 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.01 per 1,000). In 2025, 13 babies were named Nil, ranking #7885 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 32%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | 7885 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 18 | 6394 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 16 | 6922 | 9 | 8255 |
| 2022 | 12 | 8542 | 8 | 8990 |
| 2021 | 13 | 8024 | 6 | 10799 |
| 2020 | 5 | 15088 | 8 | 8739 |
| 2019 | 13 | 8138 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 18 | 6521 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 19 | 6287 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 10 | 10113 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 10 | 10148 | 5 | 12086 |
| 2014 | 6 | 14558 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 5 | 16547 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 5 | 12055 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 8 | 8143 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 8 | 7536 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 7 | 8209 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 9 | 6530 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 5 | 9631 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 9 | 6100 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 5 | 9015 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 5 | 8868 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 7 | 6968 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 6 | 7638 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 6 | 7422 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 6 | 6941 |
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Names whose popularity rose and fell over the same years.
Recorded as girls 56% · boys 44% across all years