Nile
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Nile
Water names are a cool category these days, and this one of the famous Egyptian river is no exception. It streamlines the fussier Niles and also may be thought of as a color name, meaning dark blue or indigo.
Nile for boys#1848 US
Nile is also related to Niall, the Irish Gaelic form of Neal/Neil.
Nile was actually used enough to make it onto the Top 1000 a couple of times around the turn of the last century.
Nile for girls#11642 US
Cool, serene name of the Egyptian river can make a fresh choice for a girl. The origin of river name Nile relates to the Arabic and ancient Hebrew word for dark blue or indigo; in ancient Egyptian, its literal meaning is river.
Pronounced NYL.
As of October 2026, Nile ranked #1848 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #950 in 1896, Nameberry popularity #945.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,992 | 72 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #2,341 | 56 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,855 | 81 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #2,288 | 58 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,970 | 75 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,971 | 75 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,773 | 86 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,420 | 129 | #4,578 | 30 |
| 2022 | #1,607 | 109 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,770 | 92 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #1,943 | 81 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,848 | 86 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Nile for boys
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- Nile Gregory RodgersBoy
Jr., American singer and guitarist of band Chic
- Nile Clarke KinnickBoy
American college football player
- Nile RangerBoy
English footballer
- Nile BartBoy
Williams, son of singers Ayo & Patrice Bart,Williams
- Nile WilsonBoy
Olympic gymnast
- Nile NashGirl
daughter of Graham Nash
Nile in pop culture
- Nile DokBoy
character from "Attack on Titan"
- NileBoy
river in Egypt
- Cleo de NileGirl
daughter of the mummies in "Monster High" show and series (younger sister of Nefera de Nile)
- Nefera de NileGirl
daughter of the mummies in "Monster High" show and series (older sister of Cleo de Nile)