Niels is a rare boys' name that peaked in 1957 and has grown less common since.
Niels is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #6,060 for boy births in the United States (and #12,749 across all names), given to 15 babies. Niels first appears in 1893 and peaked in 1957 (31 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | #6,060 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | #6,381 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | #10,488 |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | #5,365 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | #7,989 |
| 2020 | 12 | 12 | #6,914 |
| 2019 | 14 | 14 | #6,317 |
| 2018 | 7 | 7 | #10,425 |
| 2017 | 14 | 14 | #6,246 |
| 2016 | 21 | 21 | #4,721 |
| 2015 | 18 | 18 | #5,217 |
| 2014 | 17 | 17 | #5,415 |
| 2013 | 14 | 14 | #6,150 |
| 2012 | 15 | 15 | #5,906 |
| 2011 | 14 | 14 | #6,160 |
| 2010 | 17 | 17 | #5,409 |
| 2009 | 6 | 6 | #12,042 |
| 2008 | 10 | 10 | #8,115 |
| 2007 | 14 | 14 | #6,169 |
| 2006 | 10 | 10 | #7,842 |
| 2005 | 11 | 11 | #6,977 |
| 2004 | 11 | 11 | #6,847 |
| 2003 | 13 | 13 | #5,785 |
| 2002 | 15 | 15 | #5,074 |
| 2001 | 21 | 21 | #3,940 |
| 2000 | 13 | 13 | #5,496 |
| 1999 | 14 | 14 | #4,949 |
| 1998 | 13 | 13 | #5,099 |
| 1997 | 8 | — | #7,087 |
| 1996 | 14 | — | #4,546 |
| 1995 | 12 | — | #5,028 |
| 1994 | 14 | — | #4,469 |
| 1993 | 15 | — | #4,168 |
| 1992 | 13 | — | #4,508 |
| 1991 | 12 | — | #4,683 |
| 1990 | 17 | — | #3,561 |
| 1989 | 11 | — | #4,724 |
| 1988 | 11 | — | #4,371 |
| 1987 | 9 | — | #4,845 |
| 1986 | 12 | — | #3,810 |
| 1985 | 18 | — | #2,794 |
| 1984 | 16 | — | #2,912 |
| 1983 | 11 | — | #3,798 |
| 1982 | 13 | — | #3,432 |
| 1981 | 17 | — | #2,747 |
| 1980 | 10 | — | #4,046 |
| 1979 | 13 | — | #3,302 |
| 1978 | 15 | — | #2,886 |
| 1977 | 12 | — | #3,321 |
| 1976 | 11 | — | #3,415 |
| 1975 | 13 | — | #3,026 |
| 1974 | 13 | — | #2,899 |
| 1973 | 17 | — | #2,379 |
| 1972 | 15 | — | #2,505 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | #3,574 |
| 1970 | 20 | — | #2,039 |
| 1969 | 18 | — | #2,027 |
| 1968 | 19 | — | #1,878 |
| 1967 | 15 | — | #2,102 |
| 1966 | 13 | — | #2,304 |
| 1965 | 16 | — | #2,051 |
| 1964 | 20 | — | #1,838 |
| 1963 | 15 | — | #2,173 |
| 1962 | 17 | — | #2,011 |
| 1961 | 17 | — | #2,051 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | #3,939 |
| 1959 | 17 | — | #2,020 |
| 1958 | 17 | — | #1,998 |
| 1957 | 31 | — | #1,426 |
| 1956 | 16 | — | #2,068 |
| 1955 | 20 | — | #1,768 |
| 1954 | 19 | — | #1,802 |
| 1953 | 14 | — | #2,160 |
| 1952 | 14 | — | #2,128 |
| 1951 | 12 | — | #2,334 |
| 1950 | 20 | — | #1,691 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | #2,746 |
| 1948 | 15 | — | #2,001 |
| 1947 | 14 | — | #2,143 |
| 1946 | 5 | — | #3,870 |
| 1945 | 8 | — | #2,701 |
| 1944 | 9 | — | #2,582 |
| 1943 | 11 | — | #2,366 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | #3,129 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | #3,395 |
| 1940 | 8 | — | #2,804 |
| 1939 | 9 | — | #2,567 |
| 1938 | 5 | — | #3,884 |
| 1937 | 12 | — | #2,164 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | #3,913 |
| 1935 | 6 | — | #3,536 |
| 1934 | 9 | — | #2,695 |
| 1933 | 10 | — | #2,492 |
| 1932 | 8 | — | #3,022 |
| 1931 | 9 | — | #2,814 |
| 1930 | 13 | — | #2,262 |
| 1929 | 13 | — | #2,286 |
| 1928 | 11 | — | #2,602 |
| 1927 | 17 | — | #2,011 |
| 1926 | 9 | — | #3,067 |
| 1925 | 11 | — | #2,700 |
| 1924 | 7 | — | #3,743 |
| 1923 | 7 | — | #3,714 |
| 1922 | 11 | — | #2,753 |
| 1921 | 13 | — | #2,468 |
| 1920 | 11 | — | #2,716 |
| 1919 | 10 | — | #2,811 |
| 1918 | 11 | — | #2,656 |
| 1917 | 11 | — | #2,521 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | #4,319 |
| 1915 | 14 | — | #2,041 |
| 1914 | 12 | — | #1,936 |
| 1913 | 7 | — | #2,431 |
| 1912 | 9 | — | #1,840 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | #1,368 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | #1,141 |