Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Nile

Gender

Male

Origin

Egyptian
From The River Nile
From the Nile

Syllables

1

Themes

  • Nature

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Nile

Pronunciation

n(i)-le

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #1418, 129 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1837, 86 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #4506, 30 births); most recent 2025 (rank #10917, 8 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025868
20248110
2023927
202210916
202112930
20208610
20197510
20187515
20175814
20168113

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2000 (rank #596, 31 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1360, 20 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #3704, 6 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025206
2024155
20234–
2022133
2021164
2020136
201924–
201814–
201721–
201618–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2016 (rank #4173, 4 births); most recent 2022 (rank #5010, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023–
20223
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
20164
2015–
20144

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 1995 (rank #306, 5 births); most recent 2015 (rank #686, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence