Nigel — #2188 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Nigel

The Social Security Administration has registered 12,211 babies named Nigel between 1929 and 2024, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nigel currently holds the #2188 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 447 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nigel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 3,789 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Nigel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,533 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Nigel in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nigel 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 12,211 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.