Given name & surname
Nilo
Nilo is a masculine given name. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nilo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 404
- 404 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 29
- #3,821 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +118%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 29 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,821 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 118.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,199 as a first name in 2020; 461 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nilo’s family of names
In Italian usage, Nilo has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form NIL.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nilo
- Nilo PeçanhaPresident of Brazil (1867-1924)
- NiloBrazilian footballer (1903-1975)
- Nilo CruzCuban American playwrightborn 1960
- Nilo AcuñaUruguayan footballer (1943-2004)
- Nilo FabraSpanish writer and journalist (1843–1903)
- Nilo ZandanelItalian ski jumper (1937–2015)
- Nilo FloodyChilean modern pentathlete (1921-2013)
- Nilo GuimarãesBrazilian basketball playerborn 1957
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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