Boys' name · since 1916
Nuel
Nuel has 88 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1926 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,248 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 88
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
88 boys have been named Nuel since 1916, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Nuel has 88 recorded births among boys since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1938.
- #18,248 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 88 born since 1916
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nuel ranks #18,248 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 88 born since 1916, peaking in the 1920s.
- #18,248 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 88
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Nuel's 88 recorded births place it above 59.82% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nuel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nuel splits its recorded history at 1924: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1917 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1926 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nuel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1938
- Peak year (1926)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Nuel by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (45 births, 51% of the file).
1920s was Nuel's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Nuel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
22 births
- 1920s
1920s
45 births
- 1930s
1930s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 45 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Nuel's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (45 total births) through the 1930s (21) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Nuel
Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Nuel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1926)
Similar record span (~22 yrs)
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, 1916–1938 (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 Nuel 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.