Nile
Rank in 2025
#10917
recorded as girls
#1837
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
94
girls 8 · boys 86
Peak year
2021
129 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
4,066
since 1895
Born a Nile? 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
Nile was most popular in 2021, when 129 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.07 per 1,000). In 2025, 86 babies were named Nile, ranking #1837 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 10917 | 86 | 1837 |
| 2024 | 10 | 9556 | 81 | 1938 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12197 | 92 | 1765 |
| 2022 | 16 | 6984 | 110 | 1597 |
| 2021 | 30 | 4507 | 129 | 1419 |
| 2020 | 10 | 9546 | 86 | 1766 |
| 2019 | 10 | 9736 | 75 | 1954 |
| 2018 | 15 | 7409 | 75 | 1959 |
| 2017 | 14 | 7840 | 58 | 2270 |
| 2016 | 13 | 8393 | 81 | 1845 |
| 2015 | 16 | 7266 | 56 | 2328 |
| 2014 | 15 | 7636 | 72 | 1979 |
| 2013 | 13 | 8580 | 49 | 2492 |
| 2012 | 7 | 13483 | 66 | 2066 |
| 2011 | 9 | 11181 | 51 | 2437 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 65 | 2069 |
| 2009 | 8 | 12429 | 43 | 2800 |
| 2008 | 7 | 13832 | 48 | 2583 |
| 2007 | 14 | 8520 | 53 | 2416 |
| 2006 | 7 | 13606 | 48 | 2513 |
| 2005 | 10 | 10128 | 45 | 2493 |
| 2004 | 17 | 6768 | 28 | 3368 |
| 2003 | 8 | 11325 | 47 | 2269 |
| 2002 | 7 | 12187 | 44 | 2337 |
| 2001 | 11 | 8758 | 54 | 1982 |
| 2000 | 10 | 9163 | 44 | 2222 |
| 1999 | 7 | 11385 | 51 | 1903 |
| 1998 | 10 | 8584 | 50 | 1931 |
| 1997 | 11 | 7742 | 50 | 1859 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 50 | 1817 |
| 1995 | 6 | 11783 | 56 | 1623 |
| 1994 | 9 | 8804 | 47 | 1822 |
| 1993 | 5 | 13442 | 48 | 1769 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 45 | 1820 |
| 1991 | 6 | 11509 | 31 | 2295 |
| 1990 | 6 | 11409 | 28 | 2432 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 30 | 2245 |
| 1988 | 7 | 9244 | 23 | 2509 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 24 | 2333 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 20 | 2601 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 18 | 2710 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 23 | 2232 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 15 | 2912 |
| 1982 | 6 | 9237 | 11 | 3692 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 23 | 2204 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 26 | 2058 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 22 | 2236 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 5 | 5772 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 12 | 3203 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 15 | 2709 |
| 1975 | 5 | 9067 | 14 | 2751 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 11 | 3120 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 14 | 2606 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 13 | 2659 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 9 | 3370 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 10 | 3071 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 15 | 2217 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 10 | 2735 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 13 | 2242 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 12 | 2327 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 11 | 2476 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 18 | 1900 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 15 | 2115 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 12 | 2364 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 14 | 2242 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 16 | 2042 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 15 | 2111 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 15 | 2093 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 12 | 2375 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 19 | 1821 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 16 | 1979 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 13 | 2207 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 26 | 1480 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 19 | 1749 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 12 | 2246 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 24 | 1499 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 16 | 1872 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 20 | 1656 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 17 | 1850 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 22 | 1509 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 16 | 1697 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 30 | 1212 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 25 | 1399 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 25 | 1381 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 25 | 1333 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 39 | 1031 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 28 | 1238 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 21 | 1476 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 16 | 1756 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 22 | 1417 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 12 | 2127 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 13 | 2022 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 24 | 1361 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 27 | 1324 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 27 | 1333 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 26 | 1428 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 14 | 2096 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 27 | 1413 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 29 | 1372 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 29 | 1353 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 31 | 1304 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 30 | 1355 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 30 | 1322 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 23 | 1591 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 19 | 1829 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 19 | 1820 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 26 | 1408 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 26 | 1404 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 24 | 1437 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 28 | 1265 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 30 | 1181 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 13 | 1772 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 9 | 1945 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 16 | 1174 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 5 | 1589 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1908 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1907 | <5 | — | 5 | 1345 |
| 1906 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1905 | <5 | — | 8 | 919 |
| 1904 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1903 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1900 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1899 | <5 | — | 5 | 1051 |
| 1898 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1897 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1896 | <5 | — | 7 | 900 |
| 1895 | <5 | — | 5 | 1079 |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 9% · boys 91% across all years