Nelle
#4,265 for girls in 2025, 33 births
- Peak · girls
- 1885 · 109 births
- Debut · girls
- 65 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,794since 1880
Nelle over time
Rank among girls' names. Nelle has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | #4,265 | 33 |
| 2024 | #5,021 | 26 |
| 2023 | #4,191 | 34 |
| 2022 | #5,028 | 26 |
| 2021 | #4,607 | 29 |
| 2020 | #3,841 | 37 |
| 2019 | #4,343 | 32 |
| 2018 | #4,768 | 28 |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 |
| 2016 | #6,901 | 17 |
| 2015 | #6,721 | 18 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
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| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
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| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 |
| 1945 | #2,060 | 17 |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 |
| 1943 | #2,079 | 18 |
| 1942 | #1,981 | 19 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 |
| 1939 | #1,474 | 26 |
| 1938 | #1,752 | 20 |
| 1937 | #1,735 | 20 |
| 1936 | #1,375 | 28 |
| 1935 | #1,606 | 22 |
| 1934 | #1,440 | 26 |
| 1933 | #1,400 | 27 |
| 1932 | #1,213 | 35 |
| 1931 | #1,258 | 33 |
| 1930 | #1,101 | 45 |
| 1929 | #1,078 | 46 |
| 1928 | #1,179 | 42 |
| 1927 | #917 | 66 |
| 1926 | #903 | 68 |
| 1925 | #806 | 84 |
| 1924 | #744 | 99 |
| 1923 | #708 | 106 |
| 1922 | #754 | 94 |
| 1921 | #636 | 135 |
| 1920 | #636 | 128 |
| 1919 | #626 | 125 |
| 1918 | #578 | 152 |
| 1917 | #510 | 169 |
| 1916 | #565 | 141 |
| 1915 | #537 | 139 |
| 1914 | #494 | 127 |
| 1913 | #497 | 105 |
| 1912 | #478 | 100 |
| 1911 | #463 | 78 |
| 1910 | #503 | 65 |
| 1909 | #426 | 75 |
| 1908 | #503 | 52 |
| 1907 | #418 | 72 |
| 1906 | #376 | 82 |
| 1905 | #367 | 85 |
| 1904 | #398 | 66 |
| 1903 | #435 | 53 |
| 1902 | #351 | 82 |
| 1901 | #347 | 77 |
| 1900 | #352 | 91 |
| 1899 | #321 | 87 |
| 1898 | #297 | 109 |
| 1897 | #290 | 97 |
| 1896 | #308 | 89 |
| 1895 | #263 | 112 |
| 1894 | #257 | 113 |
| 1893 | #239 | 120 |
| 1892 | #224 | 133 |
| 1891 | #217 | 122 |
| 1890 | #198 | 143 |
| 1889 | #211 | 119 |
| 1888 | #225 | 105 |
| 1887 | #203 | 100 |
| 1886 | #198 | 98 |
| 1885 | #175 | 109 |
| 1884 | #193 | 92 |
| 1883 | #194 | 76 |
| 1882 | #225 | 59 |
| 1881 | #177 | 72 |
| 1880 | #186 | 65 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Nelle was already there! It came in at #186, and was given to 65 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1963–1967, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Nelle is popular in 1919
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#238 · 1 in 1,522
- North Carolina#300 · 1 in 2,573
- South Carolina#303 · 1 in 2,957
- West Virginia#340 · 1 in 2,798
- Georgia#372 · 1 in 3,715
Best ever in a state: #154 in Tennessee, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #238 | 17 | 1 in 1,522 |
| North Carolina | #300 | 14 | 1 in 2,573 |
| South Carolina | #303 | 8 | 1 in 2,957 |
| West Virginia | #340 | 6 | 1 in 2,798 |
| Georgia | #372 | 10 | 1 in 3,715 |
| Alabama | #408 | 8 | 1 in 3,853 |
| Missouri | #457 | 6 | 1 in 4,827 |
| Pennsylvania | #474 | 9 | 1 in 10,354 |
| Illinois | #619 | 5 | 1 in 11,390 |
| Texas | #731 | 7 | 1 in 7,409 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Nelle
- 756 spots since 2024 (#5,021 → #4,265)
- 424 spots since 2020 (#3,841 → #4,265)
- 2,456 spots since 2015 (#6,721 → #4,265)
- Biggest jump: 77 spots in 1909 (#503 → #426)
- Biggest drop: 262 spots in 1928 (#917 → #1,179)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #175 (109 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1880–1927
- Highest: 1 in 1,221 girls born in 1885 were named Nelle (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 48,705 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.7% of all girls named Nelle (1,201) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 895 | #175 (1885) | #199 |
| 1890s | 1,125 | #198 (1890) | #261 |
| 1900s | 735 | #347 (1901) | #397 |
| 1910s | 1,201 | #463 (1911) | #525 |
| 1920s | 868 | #636 (1921) | #836 |
| 1930s | 282 | #1,101 (1930) | #1,435 |
| 1940s | 140 | #1,981 (1942) | #2,564 |
| 1950s | 91 | #3,106 (1953) | #4,201 |
| 1960s | 47 | #4,489 (1968) | #5,676 |
| 1970s | 17 | #7,292 (1972) | #8,187 |
| 1980s | 22 | #8,523 (1986) | #10,027 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 35 | #12,056 (2001) | #13,303 |
| 2010s | 151 | #4,343 (2019) | #9,278 |
| 2020s | 185 | #3,841 (2020) | #4,492 |
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.
Nelle in 1919
Top girls' names in 1919
More about 1919
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1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 9,041 of them was named Nelle, which outranked 88.7% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #622Rosemarie127
- #624Ray126
- #624Tressie126
- #626Nelle125
- #626Alicia125
- #626Celestine125
- #626Gilda125
- #631Annabel124
- #632Janette122
- #633Camilla121
Tied with 4 names at #626; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.