How Many People Are Named Nils?
people named Nils are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 161,983 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,083 babies named Nils in Social Security records from 1888 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
48 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Scandinavian form of NICHOLAS.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nils in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nils alive today is about 42 years old, and 40% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 23 and 60 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nils first appears in the records in 1888 and was given most often in 1970, to 48 babies. In 2025, 20 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1888 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nils has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #889, in 1888. In 2025 it ranked #4,992.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,992 |
| Best rank | #889 (1888) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,320 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nils alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nils were born in California than in any other state: about 193 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nils was given 5.5 times as often in New York and 4.2 times in California.
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