Nigel

Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Nigel first appears in the U.S. data in 1929 and has been recorded in 83 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1994 with 447 babies (rank #478 that year). In 2024 it was given to 66 boys (rank #2,200). The name has been declining over the last five years.
12,296
Total babies (all years)
83
Years in the data
447
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19296#3,834
19347#3,197
19365#3,915
19417#3,056
19466#3,420
19477#3,276
19489#2,734
19495#4,067
19509#2,716
19515#4,095
195211#2,466
195310#2,662
195420#1,745
195526#1,528
195615#2,148
195729#1,475
195824#1,629
195922#1,748
196022#1,755
196126#1,593
196226#1,577
196322#1,728
196428#1,502
196527#1,504
196623#1,641
196744#1,123
196845#1,128
196955#1,047
197056#1,098
197195#834
197289#854
197395#815
197490#848
1975132#723
1976123#752
1977146#705
1978117#784
1979145#720
1980165#676
1981191#618
1982145#721
1983161#673
1984154#705
1985194#632
1986208#622
1987208#636
1988240#613
1989286#579
1990315#571
1991317#567
1992384#519
1993432#488
1994447#478
1995405#507
1996383#523
1997372#537
1998373#537
1999361#557
2000349#577
2001305#623
2002280#668
2003266#708
2004237#766
2005276#735
2006309#709
2007303#742
2008271#811
2009249#859
2010216#935
2011194#1,002
2012178#1,068
2013170#1,094
2014155#1,195
2015173#1,114
2016144#1,270
2017150#1,227
2018125#1,405
2019108#1,559
202079#1,885
202194#1,735
202271#2,109
202373#2,055
202466#2,200