How Many People Are Named Nial?
An estimated 103 people in the United States have the first name Nial. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 27 years old, and Nial peaked in popularity in 2024 with 11 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Nial as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Nial paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
103
About 1 in 3,327,712 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
27
years old
Peak Year
2024
11 births
Total Registered
144
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Nial
Nial is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 144 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Nial as a male name
Ranked #7,571 in 2024
11 male births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (11 births)
Nial: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Nial span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2020s, when 37 babies were registered. Nial remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Nial by Decade
How has Nial tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Nial + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Nial as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Nial
Other first names starting with N with a similar number of bearers.
Nial: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Nial?
We estimate approximately 103 people named Nial are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 3,327,712 Americans share this first name.
Is Nial a common name?
Nial is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 65% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 144 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Nial most popular?
Nial reached peak popularity in 2024, when 11 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Nial is approximately 27 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Nial a male name?
Nial is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Nial Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Nial Smith, Nial Johnson, Nial Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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