# Nile (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nile/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,066 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,696 / 370 (9% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 536, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 11,909 |
| 2012 | 7 | 14,601 |
| 2013 | 13 | 8,928 |
| 2014 | 15 | 7,962 |
| 2015 | 16 | 7,512 |
| 2016 | 13 | 8,743 |
| 2017 | 14 | 8,171 |
| 2018 | 15 | 7,662 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10,273 |
| 2020 | 10 | 10,075 |
| 2021 | 30 | 4,579 |
| 2022 | 16 | 7,204 |
| 2023 | 7 | 13,089 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10,054 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,642 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 51 | 2,466 |
| 2012 | 66 | 2,085 |
| 2013 | 49 | 2,514 |
| 2014 | 72 | 1,992 |
| 2015 | 56 | 2,341 |
| 2016 | 81 | 1,855 |
| 2017 | 58 | 2,289 |
| 2018 | 75 | 1,971 |
| 2019 | 75 | 1,971 |
| 2020 | 86 | 1,773 |
| 2021 | 129 | 1,421 |
| 2022 | 110 | 1,605 |
| 2023 | 92 | 1,770 |
| 2024 | 81 | 1,948 |
| 2025 | 86 | 1,848 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 1,398 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,669 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,617 |
| 2014 | 20 | 1,281 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,442 |
| 2016 | 18 | 1,431 |
| 2017 | 21 | 1,247 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 24 | 1,113 |
| 2020 | 13 | 1,723 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,516 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,781 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,675 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1,359 |

## People named Nile

- Nile Rodgers, American record producer, musician and composer
- Nile Wilson, British artistic gymnast
- Nile Ranger, English footballer (born 1991)
- Nile Kinnick, American football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.