Nyles
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NYLZ
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Nyles is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
Where does Nyles come from?
Irish: spelling of Niles, a surname from Neil
Is Nyles a girl's or a boy's name?
Nyles is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nyles in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,248among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Nyles, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 1929.
2025 had fewer boys named Nyles than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Nyles in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 78 boys in the US were given Nyles or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,707, up from #4,248 for this spelling alone.
- Niles 54
- Nyles 24
Nyles in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 35 | #3,333 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,615 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,120 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 36 | #3,168 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,437 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 37 | #2,346 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
Names like Nyles
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Miles Nash Finn Noah Rowan Aiden Jett Kane Declan Nico Brayden Nolan
Other spellings of Nyles
More Irish names
Oscar Rory Maeve Ryan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Ronan Connor Casey Kennedy Callan Lennon Cillian Kevin
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nyles: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nyles, updated 20 October 2026.