Nigel
Nigel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 66 births. Its best rank was 478th, in 1994.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 660.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1994447 births
- Best rank
- #478in 1994
- Since 1929
- 12,211people given the name
The story in the numbers
12,211 boys have been named Nigel in the United States since 1929, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1994, with 447 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1996, and the 1990s alone account for 31%. It has spent 40 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Nigel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | |
| 1930s | 12 | |
| 1940s | 34 | |
| 1950s | 171 | |
| 1960s | 318 | |
| 1970s | 1,088 | |
| 1980s | 1,952 | |
| 1990s | 3,789 | |
| 2000s | 2,845 | |
| 2010s | 1,613 | |
| 2020s | 383 |
In 1994, its biggest year
Nigel was the 478th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1994 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Tyler. See all of 1994.
Names that rose and fell with Nigel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Demarcopeak 1998
- Rashawnpeak 1995
- Deshawnpeak 1997
- Kendalepeak 1996
- Demitriuspeak 1992
- Sergiopeak 1995
- Keenanpeak 1997
- Deandrepeak 1994
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.