Nile

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Nile: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Nile: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #596 in 2000, and it stood at #1,675 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#596highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2005–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#4798
2014	#5691
2020	#3447
2021	#4634
2022	#5669
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #704 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #596 among boys in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Nile appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 486 births with the name.

Nile across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Nile's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#704 (1996)	#596 (2000)	#1675 (2024)	29 of 29	486 (1996–2024)	31 (2000)
England and Wales · Girls	#4798 (2005)	#3447 (2020)	#4192 (2024)	6 of 20	24 (2005–2024)	6 (2020)

Nile by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Nile in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	91	4 of 10	23
2000sbusiest	166	10 of 10	17
2010s	168	10 of 10	17
2020s	61	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Nile appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #596 in England and Wales in 2000.

Nile's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#1675	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1781	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1516	16	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1723	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1113	24	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1683	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1247	21	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1431	18	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1442	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1281	20	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1617	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1669	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1398	17	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1749	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1294	18	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1252	18	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1246	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1280	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1092	16	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#950	18	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1135	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#596	31	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#809	20	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#716	23	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#629	26	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#704	22	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #596, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 31 births, registered in England and Wales in 2000.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Nilan · #779, 10y
Nilay · #2425, 18y
Nils · #21, 81y
Nima · #1367, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Harleen · #594, 29y
Shayaan · #598, 26y
Ehsan · #599, 29y
Spike · #599, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alberto · #596, 28y
Albin · #596, 17y
Anand · #596, 29y
Cale · #596, 21y

Nile was ranked #596 in England and Wales · Boys in 2000. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Nile and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Nile without appearing here.

Nile moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #5119.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #4270.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #4270.
Keith Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #2325 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #3688.

Moved ahead of Nile

Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1781 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #1363.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1781 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #1461.
Gustav Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1781 and #2320 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #2325.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1516 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1781 and #967.

Moved the opposite way to Nile

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nile went from #704 to #1675 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nile went from #704 to #1675 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nile went from #704 to #1675 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nile went from #704 to #1675 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Nile

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nile went from #704 to #1675 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nile went from #704 to #1675 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nile went from #704 to #1675 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nile went from #704 to #1675 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #596 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nile

Nile at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nile across 2 official records

Nile by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Nile appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Nile at a glance

Nile across 2 official records

Nile by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Nile appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Nile

Nile and the names beside it

Nile moved ahead of

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