Nils
2025 SSA
About Nils
Like Lars, Sven, Niels, and Nels, an unjustly neglected straightforward Scandinavian name. Surname Nilsson or the anglicized Nelson derives from Nils.
Pronounced NILZ.
As of October 2026, Nils ranked #4993 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #889 in 1888.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,489 | 22 | 11.5 |
| 2015 | #4,840 | 20 | 10.4 |
| 2016 | #4,722 | 21 | 11.1 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | #4,184 | 25 | 13.8 |
| 2019 | #4,920 | 20 | 11.1 |
| 2020 | #4,808 | 20 | 11.6 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | #4,425 | 24 | 14 |
| 2024 | #4,979 | 20 | 11.6 |
| 2025 | #4,993 | 20 | 11.7 |
World rankings
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Nils on lists
Famous Nilss
- Nils Asther
Swedish actor
- Nils Allen Stewart Sr.
American stuntman and actor
- Nils Allen "BooBoo" Stewart
American actor
- Nils Haugen
American politician
- Nils Patrik Johansson
heavy metal vocalist
- Nils Bergstrom
Swedish ice hockey player
- Nils
Joel Englund, Swedish cross,country skier
- Nils Ericson
Swedish inventor and engineer
- Nils Frykdahl
American musician
- Nils Liedholm
Swedish footballer and coach
- Nils Lofgren
American musician
- Nils Petersen
German footballer
- Nils Trygg
Swedish woodcarver
- Nils Luderowski
Swedish,American architect
Nils in pop culture
- Nils
fictional bard in the Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken video game
- Nils Holgersson
main character of "The Wonderful Adventures of Nils," a novel by Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf
- Nils
character in Double Fines video game, Psychonauts