Nygel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Nygel

The Social Security Administration has registered 520 babies named Nygel between 1985 and 2023, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nygel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nygel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 186 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nygel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nygel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nygel 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 520 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.