Given name
Nilton
Nilton is a masculine given name from English. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1930. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nilton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 95
- 95 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 641 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nilton’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Nilton has a related form in Nílton.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
People named Nilton
- Nilton MendesBrazilian footballer (1976-2006)
- Nilton Pachecobasketball player (1920–2013)
- Nilton FernandesCape Verdean footballer (1979–2024)
- NiltinhoBrazilian association football playerborn 1993
- Nilton VarelaPortuguese footballerborn 2001
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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