How Many People Are Named Nijel?
people named Nijel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,032,582 people in the US has this name
Based on 338 babies named Nijel in Social Security records from 1987 to 2022, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
20 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nijel in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nijel alive today is about 22 years old, and 79% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 28 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nijel first appears in the records in 1987 and was given most often in 2000, to 20 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2022.
Babies given the name each year, 1987 to 2022
🏆 Rank History
Nijel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,935, in 1999.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #3,935 (1999) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,667 in the 2000s |
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