Niall
62
Babies in 2024
-60%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 462
+9%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Niall
Niall peaked among UK boys' names in the late 1990s (462 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 62 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Niall reached its peak in 1996, when 462 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #106 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 62 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 5,746 boys have been officially registered with the name Niall in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 1,061 boys were registered with the name, starting from 155 in 2014 and ending at 62 in 2024.