Nirel — unisex name
73 babies named Nirel in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
75% of everyone ever named Nirel was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Nirel in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nirel
The Social Security Administration has registered 73 babies named Nirel between 1997 and 2010, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nirel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Nirel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 13 additional births since 2006.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nirel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nirel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nirel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nirel 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 73 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.
Nirel at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nirel popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1997
- Peak year (2005)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
73 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 12 births in a single year.
Nirel popularity over time — boys
13 total births recorded since 2006 (Nirel as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Nirel accounts for 15% of total recorded use across both genders.
Nirel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 55 births that decade — 75% of Nirel's all-time total
Nirel decade highlights
- Peak decade 55 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nirel's strongest decade
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 75% of all-time use.
Nirel by state
Where Nirel concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 6.8% |
5 of 73 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 6.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.