Nigel is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4433 for boy births in the United States, given to 71 babies. Nigel first appears in the data in 1915 and reached its peak in 1994 (455 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71 | #4,433 |
| 2024 | 66 | #4,695 |
| 2023 | 73 | #4,365 |
| 2022 | 71 | #4,480 |
| 2021 | 94 | #3,691 |
| 2020 | 80 | #4,001 |
| 2019 | 108 | #3,376 |
| 2018 | 125 | #3,038 |
| 2017 | 150 | #2,670 |
| 2016 | 146 | #2,771 |
| 2015 | 173 | #2,442 |
| 2014 | 155 | #2,612 |
| 2013 | 170 | #2,433 |
| 2012 | 178 | #2,362 |
| 2011 | 194 | #2,217 |
| 2010 | 216 | #2,048 |
| 2009 | 249 | #1,877 |
| 2008 | 271 | #1,786 |
| 2007 | 303 | #1,647 |
| 2006 | 309 | #1,559 |
| 2005 | 276 | #1,623 |
| 2004 | 237 | #1,746 |
| 2003 | 266 | #1,586 |
| 2002 | 280 | #1,497 |
| 2001 | 305 | #1,396 |
| 2000 | 349 | #1,252 |
| 1999 | 361 | #1,185 |
| 1998 | 373 | #1,155 |
| 1997 | 372 | #1,133 |
| 1996 | 383 | #1,105 |
| 1995 | 405 | #1,063 |
| 1994 | 455 | #1,003 |
| 1993 | 432 | #1,031 |
| 1992 | 391 | #1,091 |
| 1991 | 323 | #1,218 |
| 1990 | 315 | #1,232 |
| 1989 | 291 | #1,257 |
| 1988 | 240 | #1,365 |
| 1987 | 208 | #1,438 |
| 1986 | 208 | #1,396 |
| 1985 | 200 | #1,409 |
| 1984 | 154 | #1,608 |
| 1983 | 161 | #1,562 |
| 1982 | 145 | #1,696 |
| 1981 | 191 | #1,421 |
| 1980 | 165 | #1,559 |
| 1979 | 145 | #1,668 |
| 1978 | 124 | #1,784 |
| 1977 | 157 | #1,541 |
| 1976 | 123 | #1,729 |
| 1975 | 139 | #1,593 |
| 1974 | 98 | #1,917 |
| 1973 | 100 | #1,863 |
| 1972 | 89 | #1,997 |
| 1971 | 95 | #1,966 |
| 1970 | 56 | #2,646 |
| 1969 | 55 | #2,559 |
| 1968 | 44 | #2,807 |
| 1967 | 44 | #2,751 |
| 1966 | 23 | #3,950 |
| 1965 | 27 | #3,636 |
| 1964 | 28 | #3,630 |
| 1963 | 22 | #4,133 |
| 1962 | 26 | #3,752 |
| 1961 | 26 | #3,742 |
| 1960 | 22 | #4,091 |
| 1959 | 22 | #3,957 |
| 1958 | 24 | #3,767 |
| 1957 | 29 | #3,364 |
| 1956 | 15 | #4,883 |
| 1955 | 26 | #3,475 |
| 1954 | 20 | #3,974 |
| 1953 | 10 | #5,926 |
| 1952 | 11 | #5,452 |
| 1951 | 5 | #8,682 |
| 1950 | 9 | #5,925 |
| 1949 | 5 | #8,530 |
| 1948 | 9 | #5,896 |
| 1947 | 7 | #7,021 |
| 1946 | 6 | #7,217 |
| 1941 | 7 | #6,100 |
| 1936 | 5 | #7,406 |
| 1934 | 7 | #6,120 |
| 1929 | 6 | #7,242 |
| 1925 | 6 | #7,791 |
| 1918 | 6 | #7,710 |
| 1915 | 5 | #8,067 |