Niels — #6467 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Niels

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,446 babies named Niels between 1893 and 2024, spanning 132 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Niels currently holds the #6467 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Niels performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 180 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Niels shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 62 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Niels in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Niels 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 1,446 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.