How Many People Are Named Nili?
An estimated 244 people in the United States have the first name Nili. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 17 years old, and Nili peaked in popularity in 2024 with 19 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Nili 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 Nili paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
244
About 1 in 1,404,731 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
17
years old
Peak Year
2024
19 births
Total Registered
249
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Nili
Nili is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 249 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Nili as a female name
Ranked #6,311 in 2024
19 female births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (19 births)
Nili: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Nili span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 96 babies were registered. While Nili is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Nili by Decade
How has Nili 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.
Nili by State
Nili + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Nili as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Nili
Other first names starting with N with a similar number of bearers.
Nili: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Nili?
We estimate approximately 244 people named Nili 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 1,404,731 Americans share this first name.
Is Nili a common name?
Nili is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 76.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 249 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Nili most popular?
Nili reached peak popularity in 2024, when 19 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Nili is approximately 17 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Nili a female name?
Nili is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Nili Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Nili Smith, Nili Johnson, Nili 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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