Nigel
5
Babies in 2024
-50%
10-year change
2005
Peak · 33
0%
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 Nigel
Nigel peaked among UK boys' names in the late 2000s (33 babies in 2005) and has remained in active use — 5 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Nigel reached its peak in 2005, when 33 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #747 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 5 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 26 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 428 boys have been officially registered with the name Nigel in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 65 boys were registered with the name, starting from 10 in 2014 and ending at 5 in 2024.