Name meaning & stats
Niall
Niall means “champion” (Irish origin). 2,094 US babies since 1940, peak 2024.
What it means
“champion”
IrishWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2024
2,094 US babies were named Niall between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Niall (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 60% of the family
- Niall 60%
- Nihal 30%
- Nihaal 7%
- Nial 3%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2024)