Niilo
Niilo is a male given name. People named Niilo include:Niilo Halonen (1940–2025), Finnish ski jumper Niilo Jääskinen, Finnish lawyer and politician Niilo Mäenpää, Finnish footballer Niilo Paasivirta, Finnish internet personality Niilo Saarikivi, Finnish footballer Niilo Sevänen, Finnish death metal musician Niilo Tammisalo, Finnish influential sports figure Niilo Wälläri (1897–1967), Finnish…
- Finnish
Meaning & Origin of Niilo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Niilo is a male given name. People named Niilo include:Niilo Halonen (1940–2025), Finnish ski jumper Niilo Jääskinen, Finnish lawyer and politician Niilo Mäenpää, Finnish footballer Niilo Paasivirta, Finnish internet personality Niilo Saarikivi, Finnish footballer Niilo Sevänen, Finnish death metal musician Niilo Tammisalo, Finnish influential sports figure Niilo Wälläri (1897–1967), Finnish…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Finnish
The Story of Niilo
The earliest SSA record of Niilo as a baby boy name dates back to 1914, when 6 babies received it. 1916 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Niilo — #3,177 in the national rankings. About 57% of every Niilo on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Niilo last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 44 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Niilo
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About the name Niilo
Niilo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 44 births in the dataset. Niilo's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #3,177. Use the chart and map above to compare Niilo's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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