boys:
4.4k births since 1897
#1835 (60th percentile)
overall:
4.4k births since 1897
#4144 (46th percentile)
The name Niles is the #4,144 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,363 recorded births since 1897. This represents the 46.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 46.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,835 (60.0% percentile) for all time with 4,363 births since 1897.
Niles first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1897 (first recorded for boys in 1897). Birth data for Niles is available in 115 out of the 127 years between 1897 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, Niles reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 9.4% percentile (ranked #720) with 39 births per million. The name was most common in 1913, with 43 births per million (ranked 4.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Niles ranks #863 for boys (5.3% percentile) with 29 births per million, which is 67.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Niles".
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