Unisex name · since 2003
Nyel
Nyel has 115 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,501 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,208 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 115
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
115 babies have been named Nyel since 2003, making it today's #10208 unisex name.
Nyel has 115 recorded births among boys since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10208 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 2003 to 2025.
- #16,501 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,208 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 115 born since 2003
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nyel ranks #16,501 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,208 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 115 born since 2003, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,501 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,208 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 115
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nyel's 115 recorded births place it above 63.69% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nyel compares
115 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
Nyel's all-time total is 69% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nyel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 115 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Nyel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nyel's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nyel popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Nyel popularity over time - girls
38 total births recorded since 2006 (Nyel as girls' name)
Nyel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (50 births, 43% of the file).
2020s was Nyel's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Nyel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
- 2010s
2010s
42 births
- 2020s
2020s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 50 births (43% 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, 2003–2025 (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 Nyel 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.