Nela
- #8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · girls
- 1906 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 597since 1903
Nela over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Nela has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,362 | 12 |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 |
| 2023 | #4,873 | 27 |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 |
| 2021 | #6,174 | 19 |
| 2020 | #6,629 | 17 |
| 2019 | #4,909 | 27 |
| 2018 | #5,785 | 21 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 |
| 2016 | #7,602 | 15 |
| 2015 | #6,452 | 19 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 |
| 2013 | #6,729 | 18 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 |
| 2011 | #6,335 | 20 |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 |
| 2008 | #7,742 | 16 |
| 2007 | #6,552 | 20 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
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| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
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| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 |
| 1961 | — | |
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| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 |
| 1938 | — | |
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| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 |
| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 |
| 1911 | — | |
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| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
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First appearance
1903
The first year at least five girls were named Nela! It came in at #1,792, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1903–1905, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Nela is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Nela in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 768 spots since 2024 (#7,594 → #8,362)
- 1,733 spots since 2020 (#6,629 → #8,362)
- 1,910 spots since 2015 (#6,452 → #8,362)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1903
- Peaked 1906 at #1,727 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1908, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 49,216
- Highest: 1 in 49,216 girls born in 1906 were named Nela (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 28.8% of all girls named Nela (172) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 16 | #1,727 (1906) | #1,860 |
| 1910s | 49 | #2,360 (1912) | #3,427 |
| 1920s | 59 | #2,939 (1925) | #3,995 |
| 1930s | 19 | #3,055 (1930) | #3,905 |
| 1940s | 27 | #3,801 (1943) | #4,056 |
| 1950s | 26 | #4,123 (1952) | #4,845 |
| 1960s | 12 | #5,293 (1962) | #6,030 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 5 | #10,912 (1986) | #10,912 |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,724 (1997) | #13,724 |
| 2000s | 103 | #6,552 (2007) | #10,365 |
| 2010s | 172 | #4,909 (2019) | #7,303 |
| 2020s | 104 | #4,873 (2023) | #6,819 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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