Niall — #1580 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Niall

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,995 babies named Niall between 1955 and 2024, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Niall currently holds the #1580 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 109 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Niall performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 576 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Niall shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 188 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Niall in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Niall in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,995 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.