Niall

Boy · recorded 1955–2025

  • #1,699in 2025
  • 1 in 17,792boys in 2025
  • +96%last ten years

2024 was its biggest year ever, up 96% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1955

0326419551973199020082025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 68 recorded years as a table
Niall, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19552
19563
19583
19593
19603
19614
19623
19633
19647
19673
19686
19696
19708
19719
19725
19734
19744
19758
19767
19774
19785
19796
19806
19814
19828
19834
19846
19854
198611
19878
19889
198914
199013
199122
199215
199318
199419
199516
199618
199719
199815
199917
200019
200117
200216
200320
200417
200514
200617
200716
200816
200911
20109
201118
201223
201336
201433
201529
201628
201741
201853
201938
202038
202148
202244
202353
202464
202556

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. California 1.2×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
96
Rank in 2025
#1,699
How rare
1 in 17,792 boys
Since 1955
2,094

Most popular in 2024, at 64 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 96% per million boys born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
California1.2×36

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.