How Many People Are Named Nylene?
An estimated 39 people in the United States have the first name Nylene. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 58 years old, and Nylene peaked in popularity in 1935 with 7 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Nylene 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 Nylene paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Nylene is exceptionally rare. Fewer than 100 people with this name are estimated to be alive in the U.S. today.
Estimated Living Americans
39
About 1 in 8,788,573 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
58
years old
Peak Year
1935
7 births
Total Registered
77
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Nylene
Nylene is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 77 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Nylene as a female name
Ranked #19,102 in 2010
5 female births in 2010
Peak: 1935 (7 births)
Nylene: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Nylene span from the 1920s to the 2010s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1950s, when 16 babies were registered. While Nylene is less common than at its peak in the 1950s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Nylene by Decade
How has Nylene 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.
Nylene + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Nylene as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Nylene
Other first names starting with N with a similar number of bearers.
Nylene: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Nylene?
We estimate approximately 39 people named Nylene 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 8,788,573 Americans share this first name.
Is Nylene a common name?
Nylene is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 50.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 77 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Nylene most popular?
Nylene reached peak popularity in 1935, when 7 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Nylene is approximately 58 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Nylene a female name?
Nylene is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Nylene Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Nylene Smith, Nylene Johnson, Nylene 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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