Boys' name · since 1916
Nyal
Nyal has 119 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1920 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,282 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 119
- born since 1916
- 1940s
- peak decade
119 boys have been named Nyal since 1916, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Nyal has 119 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 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2024.
- #16,282 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 119 born since 1916
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nyal ranks #16,282 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 119 born since 1916, peaking in the 1940s.
- #16,282 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 119
- born since 1916
- 1940s
- peak decade
Nyal's 119 recorded births place it above 64.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nyal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nyal's full recorded timeline at 1941, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1920 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nyal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2024
- Peak year (1920)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Nyal by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (28 births, 24% of the file).
1940s was Nyal's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Nyal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
24 births
- 1920s
1920s
26 births
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1940s
1940s
28 births
- 2010s
2010s
19 births
- 2020s
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 28 births (24% of all-time use).
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- Nyal's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (28 total births) through the 2020s (12) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nyal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~108 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, 1916–2024 (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 Nyal 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.