How Many People Are Named Niall?
people named Niall are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 168,035 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,094 babies named Niall in Social Security records from 1955 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
110 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Original Gaelic spelling of NEIL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Niall in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Niall alive today is about 19 years old, and 76% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Niall first appears in the records in 1955 and was given most often in 2024, to 110 babies. In 2025, 96 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1955 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Niall has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,578, in 2024. In 2025 it ranked #1,706.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,706 |
| Best rank | #1,578 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,292 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Niall alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Niall were born in New York than in any other state: about 190 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Niall was given 6.3 times as often in Massachusetts, 5 times in New York and 2 times in California.
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