Niles is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1998 and remains in steady use.
Niles is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,506 for boy births in the United States (and #5,398 across all names), given to 54 babies. Niles was first reported in SSA data in 1897 and peaked in 1998 (80 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | 54 | #2,506 |
| 2024 | 39 | 39 | #3,146 |
| 2023 | 53 | 53 | #2,531 |
| 2022 | 59 | 59 | #2,398 |
| 2021 | 64 | 64 | #2,212 |
| 2020 | 70 | 70 | #2,040 |
| 2019 | 64 | 64 | #2,207 |
| 2018 | 49 | 49 | #2,603 |
| 2017 | 65 | 65 | #2,125 |
| 2016 | 54 | 54 | #2,404 |
| 2015 | 49 | 49 | #2,555 |
| 2014 | 53 | 53 | #2,419 |
| 2013 | 39 | 39 | #2,936 |
| 2012 | 45 | 45 | #2,704 |
| 2011 | 41 | 41 | #2,886 |
| 2010 | 29 | 29 | #3,689 |
| 2009 | 47 | 47 | #2,647 |
| 2008 | 37 | 37 | #3,149 |
| 2007 | 50 | 50 | #2,527 |
| 2006 | 38 | 38 | #2,967 |
| 2005 | 36 | 36 | #2,943 |
| 2004 | 43 | 43 | #2,559 |
| 2003 | 41 | 41 | #2,540 |
| 2002 | 41 | 41 | #2,460 |
| 2001 | 54 | 54 | #2,001 |
| 2000 | 64 | 64 | #1,754 |
| 1999 | 68 | 68 | #1,599 |
| 1998 | 80 | 80 | #1,428 |
| 1997 | 56 | — | #1,746 |
| 1996 | 49 | — | #1,863 |
| 1995 | 70 | — | #1,429 |
| 1994 | 57 | — | #1,627 |
| 1993 | 42 | — | #1,958 |
| 1992 | 43 | — | #1,902 |
| 1991 | 48 | — | #1,715 |
| 1990 | 45 | — | #1,773 |
| 1989 | 53 | — | #1,543 |
| 1988 | 45 | — | #1,610 |
| 1987 | 47 | — | #1,522 |
| 1986 | 46 | — | #1,486 |
| 1985 | 45 | — | #1,498 |
| 1984 | 31 | — | #1,825 |
| 1983 | 48 | — | #1,356 |
| 1982 | 33 | — | #1,761 |
| 1981 | 38 | — | #1,591 |
| 1980 | 37 | — | #1,613 |
| 1979 | 42 | — | #1,456 |
| 1978 | 38 | — | #1,525 |
| 1977 | 23 | — | #2,108 |
| 1976 | 33 | — | #1,637 |
| 1975 | 45 | — | #1,295 |
| 1974 | 38 | — | #1,403 |
| 1973 | 35 | — | #1,450 |
| 1972 | 18 | — | #2,219 |
| 1971 | 24 | — | #1,851 |
| 1970 | 21 | — | #1,974 |
| 1969 | 30 | — | #1,484 |
| 1968 | 14 | — | #2,270 |
| 1967 | 21 | — | #1,740 |
| 1966 | 22 | — | #1,675 |
| 1965 | 28 | — | #1,473 |
| 1964 | 29 | — | #1,479 |
| 1963 | 28 | — | #1,501 |
| 1962 | 31 | — | #1,417 |
| 1961 | 34 | — | #1,382 |
| 1960 | 35 | — | #1,354 |
| 1959 | 29 | — | #1,488 |
| 1958 | 31 | — | #1,416 |
| 1957 | 30 | — | #1,445 |
| 1956 | 38 | — | #1,245 |
| 1955 | 42 | — | #1,160 |
| 1954 | 32 | — | #1,355 |
| 1953 | 42 | — | #1,150 |
| 1952 | 44 | — | #1,107 |
| 1951 | 45 | — | #1,080 |
| 1950 | 57 | — | #914 |
| 1949 | 47 | — | #1,021 |
| 1948 | 55 | — | #941 |
| 1947 | 44 | — | #1,105 |
| 1946 | 37 | — | #1,153 |
| 1945 | 36 | — | #1,099 |
| 1944 | 44 | — | #982 |
| 1943 | 46 | — | #991 |
| 1942 | 55 | — | #897 |
| 1941 | 35 | — | #1,123 |
| 1940 | 35 | — | #1,124 |
| 1939 | 28 | — | #1,263 |
| 1938 | 33 | — | #1,142 |
| 1937 | 33 | — | #1,159 |
| 1936 | 26 | — | #1,314 |
| 1935 | 27 | — | #1,318 |
| 1934 | 30 | — | #1,232 |
| 1933 | 30 | — | #1,220 |
| 1932 | 29 | — | #1,283 |
| 1931 | 43 | — | #1,023 |
| 1930 | 29 | — | #1,360 |
| 1929 | 42 | — | #1,072 |
| 1928 | 35 | — | #1,221 |
| 1927 | 27 | — | #1,456 |
| 1926 | 22 | — | #1,644 |
| 1925 | 25 | — | #1,524 |
| 1924 | 24 | — | #1,614 |
| 1923 | 25 | — | #1,539 |
| 1922 | 24 | — | #1,573 |
| 1921 | 31 | — | #1,354 |
| 1920 | 27 | — | #1,450 |
| 1919 | 23 | — | #1,566 |
| 1918 | 29 | — | #1,334 |
| 1917 | 38 | — | #1,088 |
| 1916 | 26 | — | #1,364 |
| 1915 | 16 | — | #1,860 |
| 1914 | 15 | — | #1,661 |
| 1913 | 23 | — | #1,067 |
| 1912 | 7 | — | #2,195 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | #1,536 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | #1,443 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | #1,181 |