How Many People Are Named Niles?
people named Niles are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 106,309 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,455 babies named Niles in Social Security records from 1897 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
80 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from the given name NEIL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Niles in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Niles alive today is about 35 years old, and 47% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 52 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Niles first appears in the records in 1897 and was given most often in 1998, to 80 babies. In 2025, 54 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1897 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Niles has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #897, in 1942. In 2025 it ranked #2,506.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,506 |
| Best rank | #897 (1942) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,666 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Niles alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Niles were born in California than in any other state: about 222 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Niles was given 3.3 times as often in New York, 3.1 times in California and 2.4 times in Pennsylvania.
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