Boys' name · since 1999
Nuriel
116 babies named Nuriel in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,442 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,160 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 116
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nuriel currently ranks #10160 among boys' names in America, with 116 babies recorded since 1999.
Nuriel has 116 recorded births among boys since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10160 as of the latest data, more common than 27% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #16,442 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,160 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 116 born since 1999
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nuriel ranks #16,442 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,160 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 116 born since 1999, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,442 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,160 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 116
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nuriel's 116 recorded births place it above 63.81% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nuriel compares
116 28th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nuriel's all-time total is 69% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nuriel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 116 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Nuriel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nuriel's full recorded timeline at 2017, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nuriel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Nuriel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (51 births, 44% of the file).
2020s was Nuriel's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Nuriel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
39 births
- 2010s
2010s
21 births
- 2020s
2020s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 51 births (44% of all-time use).
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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, 1999–2025 (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 Nuriel 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.