Girls' name · since 2001
Nielle
Nielle has 117 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,435 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,215 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 117
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Nielle is the #9215 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 117 recorded since 2001.
Nielle has 117 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9215 as of the latest data, more common than 47% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #25,435 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,215 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 117 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nielle ranks #25,435 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,215 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 117 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #25,435 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,215 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 117
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nielle's 117 recorded births place it above 64.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nielle compares
117 27th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nielle's all-time total is 69% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nielle | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 117 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nielle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nielle's full recorded timeline at 2014, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nielle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Nielle by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (54 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Nielle's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Nielle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
54 births
- 2020s
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 54 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Nielle's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (54 total births) through the 2020s (46) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2001–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nielle draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.