This page shows the Niel (boys) figures from the National Records of Scotland babies' first names table, which covers every year from 1975 to 1981. Each row below is one year in which Niel was recorded as a first name for boys in Scotland: the number of babies given the name that year and the name's rank among Niel's first-name rivals that year — that is, the rank the source table itself gives the row, among all first names for boys that year.

The record for Niel for boys sums every one of those rows. Across the years covered, Niel appears in 3 of them, from 1975 to 1981, with 10 babies in total. Its largest single year was 1975, when the table records 4 babies given the name, at rank 266 among all first names for boys that year.

Figures cover every year from 1975 to 1981; years in which the table records no row for Niel for boys are simply not listed. The publisher suppresses names with a total count of 2 or less in Scotland, so no figure here stands below 3.

Year by year

Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names table, 1975 to 1981. Fetched 2026-11-05.

YearBabies given the nameRank among boys' first names
19813306
19763294
19754266

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