Meaning and history
From an English surname derived from the given name Neil.
20062006: 38 births, rank #2,932
2007: 50 births, rank #2,504
2008: 37 births, rank #3,103
2009: 47 births, rank #2,623
2010: 29 births, rank #3,633
20112011: 41 births, rank #2,852
2012: 45 births, rank #2,678
2013: 39 births, rank #2,895
2014: 53 births, rank #2,402
2015: 49 births, rank #2,528
20162016: 54 births, rank #2,387
2017: 65 births, rank #2,109
2018: 49 births, rank #2,579
2019: 64 births, rank #2,188
2020: 70 births, rank #2,024
20212021: 64 births, rank #2,193
2022: 59 births, rank #2,379
2023: 53 births, rank #2,510
2024: 39 births, rank #3,104
20252025: 54 births, rank #2,480
Niles rose from #941 to #914 for boys between 1948 and 1950. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 57.