Nil — #6586 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Nil

The Social Security Administration has registered 145 babies named Nil between 2013 and 2024, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nil currently holds the #6586 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 19 babies received it in a single year. Nil is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 122 additional births since 1989.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nil performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nil shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Nil in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nil 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 145 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.