boys:
1.9k births since 1955
#2880 (37th percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1955
#5875 (24th percentile)
The name Niall is the #5,875 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,885 recorded births since 1955. This represents the 24.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 24.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,880 (37.2% percentile) for all time with 1,885 births since 1955.
Niall first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1955 (first recorded for boys in 1955). Birth data for Niall is available in 66 out of the 69 years between 1955 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Niall reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 10.0% percentile (ranked #822) with 49 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 49 births per million (ranked 10.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Niall is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #828 (9.1% percentile) with 48 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Niall".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Niall. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Niall is pronounced as NAI-uhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is nail, at 22.7% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like N AY1 AH0 L) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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