Nellie
#533 for girls in 2025, 567 births · Last seen for boys in 1947 at #3,370
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 1,096 births
- Debut · girls
- 995 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 46 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 152,691since 1880
Nellie over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #533 | 567 | — | |
| 2024 | #521 | 592 | — | |
| 2023 | #615 | 486 | — | |
| 2022 | #663 | 446 | — | |
| 2021 | #743 | 384 | — | |
| 2020 | #840 | 325 | — | |
| 2019 | #861 | 311 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,065 | 239 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,224 | 196 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,217 | 202 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,239 | 197 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,301 | 183 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,432 | 158 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,566 | 139 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,758 | 116 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,751 | 118 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,742 | 125 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,880 | 113 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,792 | 119 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,003 | 99 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,180 | 84 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,925 | 97 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,033 | 88 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,897 | 93 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,995 | 85 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,277 | 68 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,857 | 85 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,801 | 86 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,914 | 76 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,898 | 76 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,684 | 87 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,862 | 76 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,967 | 71 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,774 | 82 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,766 | 81 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,347 | 118 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,479 | 98 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,427 | 97 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,678 | 72 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,351 | 96 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,269 | 106 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,170 | 114 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,071 | 129 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,107 | 127 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,055 | 135 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,034 | 138 | — | |
| 1979 | #950 | 154 | — | |
| 1978 | #969 | 143 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,004 | 134 | — | |
| 1976 | #971 | 131 | — | |
| 1975 | #878 | 151 | — | |
| 1974 | #841 | 156 | — | |
| 1973 | #910 | 136 | — | |
| 1972 | #855 | 151 | — | |
| 1971 | #836 | 164 | — | |
| 1970 | #848 | 159 | — | |
| 1969 | #859 | 147 | — | |
| 1968 | #779 | 165 | — | |
| 1967 | #695 | 197 | — | |
| 1966 | #662 | 213 | — | |
| 1965 | #691 | 202 | — | |
| 1964 | #624 | 262 | — | |
| 1963 | #627 | 259 | — | |
| 1962 | #615 | 266 | — | |
| 1961 | #535 | 335 | — | |
| 1960 | #507 | 363 | — | |
| 1959 | #498 | 384 | — | |
| 1958 | #489 | 382 | — | |
| 1957 | #455 | 432 | — | |
| 1956 | #410 | 487 | — | |
| 1955 | #386 | 521 | — | |
| 1954 | #372 | 550 | — | |
| 1953 | #336 | 606 | — | |
| 1952 | #321 | 637 | — | |
| 1951 | #322 | 604 | — | |
| 1950 | #283 | 757 | — | |
| 1949 | #281 | 743 | — | |
| 1948 | #250 | 891 | — | |
| 1947 | #250 | 876 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #240 | 885 | — | |
| 1945 | #210 | 933 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #199 | 1,011 | — | |
| 1943 | #197 | 1,077 | — | |
| 1942 | #183 | 1,207 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #167 | 1,284 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #161 | 1,300 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #157 | 1,373 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #152 | 1,454 | #1,976 | 13 |
| 1937 | #140 | 1,590 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #135 | 1,665 | #2,452 | 9 |
| 1935 | #131 | 1,738 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #126 | 1,837 | #1,932 | 14 |
| 1933 | #120 | 1,867 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1932 | #123 | 1,979 | #1,777 | 17 |
| 1931 | #119 | 1,987 | #1,843 | 16 |
| 1930 | #113 | 2,213 | #1,964 | 15 |
| 1929 | #113 | 2,198 | #1,933 | 16 |
| 1928 | #111 | 2,346 | #2,162 | 14 |
| 1927 | #105 | 2,678 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #102 | 2,722 | #1,846 | 18 |
| 1925 | #98 | 2,937 | #2,755 | 10 |
| 1924 | #92 | 3,075 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1923 | #88 | 3,184 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #83 | 3,274 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #80 | 3,513 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | #76 | 3,762 | #2,336 | 13 |
| 1919 | #69 | 3,726 | #2,385 | 12 |
| 1918 | #65 | 4,048 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #64 | 3,808 | #2,188 | 13 |
| 1916 | #61 | 3,862 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #63 | 3,679 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | #61 | 2,952 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | #58 | 2,645 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #59 | 2,365 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | #54 | 1,866 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #51 | 1,928 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | #51 | 1,768 | — | |
| 1908 | #49 | 1,757 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #50 | 1,671 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #49 | 1,596 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | #48 | 1,626 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | #44 | 1,560 | — | |
| 1903 | #45 | 1,491 | — | |
| 1902 | #41 | 1,566 | #1,013 | 6 |
| 1901 | #41 | 1,454 | #727 | 9 |
| 1900 | #43 | 1,850 | #743 | 12 |
| 1899 | #41 | 1,510 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | #36 | 1,810 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | #37 | 1,693 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | #34 | 1,696 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | #29 | 1,833 | #738 | 9 |
| 1894 | #30 | 1,767 | #631 | 11 |
| 1893 | #27 | 1,770 | #459 | 16 |
| 1892 | #30 | 1,738 | #748 | 9 |
| 1891 | #25 | 1,647 | #635 | 9 |
| 1890 | #20 | 1,821 | #667 | 9 |
| 1889 | #19 | 1,752 | #722 | 8 |
| 1888 | #21 | 1,736 | #755 | 8 |
| 1887 | #19 | 1,457 | #583 | 10 |
| 1886 | #17 | 1,492 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | #16 | 1,432 | #836 | 6 |
| 1884 | #17 | 1,417 | #663 | 9 |
| 1883 | #17 | 1,246 | — | |
| 1882 | #19 | 1,138 | #837 | 6 |
| 1881 | #14 | 1,096 | #706 | 7 |
| 1880 | #18 | 995 | #809 | 6 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Nellie was already there! It came in at #18, and was given to 995 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1991–2006, when fewer than 100 girls a year got the name.
Where Nellie is popular in 1938
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Arizona#38 · 1 in 188
- Alabama#43 · 1 in 209
- New Mexico#56 · 1 in 213
- North Carolina#63 · 1 in 284
- West Virginia#64 · 1 in 284
Best ever in a state: #11 in Arizona, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | #38 | 25 | 1 in 188 |
| Alabama | #43 | 140 | 1 in 209 |
| New Mexico | #56 | 26 | 1 in 213 |
| North Carolina | #63 | 130 | 1 in 284 |
| West Virginia | #64 | 67 | 1 in 284 |
| Tennessee | #68 | 90 | 1 in 301 |
| Mississippi | #72 | 78 | 1 in 289 |
| Georgia | #84 | 92 | 1 in 335 |
| Virginia | #84 | 71 | 1 in 336 |
| South Carolina | #85 | 61 | 1 in 336 |
| Kentucky | #89 | 68 | 1 in 415 |
| Florida | #97 | 36 | 1 in 377 |
| Arkansas | #117 | 37 | 1 in 506 |
| Maryland | #123 | 22 | 1 in 565 |
| New Hampshire | #124 | 5 | 1 in 614 |
| Louisiana | #128 | 43 | 1 in 517 |
| Colorado | #129 | 17 | 1 in 523 |
| Missouri | #142 | 36 | 1 in 745 |
| Kansas | #145 | 16 | 1 in 769 |
| Oregon | #153 | 8 | 1 in 783 |
| Oklahoma | #162 | 26 | 1 in 782 |
| Texas | #169 | 79 | 1 in 730 |
| Connecticut | #179 | 7 | 1 in 1,409 |
| Maine | #189 | 6 | 1 in 1,041 |
| Pennsylvania | #197 | 49 | 1 in 1,518 |
| Indiana | #198 | 16 | 1 in 1,629 |
| Ohio | #200 | 32 | 1 in 1,596 |
| California | #208 | 38 | 1 in 1,172 |
| Washington | #212 | 7 | 1 in 1,564 |
| Illinois | #255 | 23 | 1 in 2,400 |
| Minnesota | #264 | 8 | 1 in 2,625 |
| Michigan | #266 | 16 | 1 in 2,642 |
| New York | #300 | 28 | 1 in 3,056 |
| Massachusetts | #312 | 6 | 1 in 4,681 |
| Iowa | #325 | 5 | 1 in 3,782 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Nellie
- 12 spots since 2024 (#521 → #533)
- 307 spots since 2020 (#840 → #533)
- 706 spots since 2015 (#1,239 → #533)
- Biggest jump: 204 spots in 2019 (#1,065 → #861)
- Biggest drop: 93 spots in 1976 (#878 → #971)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #14 (1,096 births)
- Births halved by 1955, 74 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 46 yrs · run 1880–1925
- Top 1,000: 106 yrs · run 1880–1976
- Highest: 1 in 84 girls born in 1881 were named Nellie (1.2%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,835 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
- 20.2% of all girls named Nellie (30,879) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 13,761 | #14 (1881) | #18 |
| 1890s | 17,285 | #20 (1890) | #31 |
| 1900s | 16,339 | #41 (1902) | #46 |
| 1910s | 30,879 | #51 (1910) | #61 |
| 1920s | 29,689 | #76 (1920) | #95 |
| 1930s | 17,703 | #113 (1930) | #132 |
| 1940s | 10,207 | #161 (1940) | #214 |
| 1950s | 5,360 | #283 (1950) | #387 |
| 1960s | 2,409 | #507 (1960) | #659 |
| 1970s | 1,479 | #836 (1971) | #906 |
| 1980s | 1,112 | #1,034 (1980) | #1,264 |
| 1990s | 838 | #1,347 (1990) | #1,787 |
| 2000s | 971 | #1,742 (2009) | #1,972 |
| 2010s | 1,859 | #861 (2019) | #1,341 |
| 2020s | 2,800 | #521 (2024) | #653 |
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.
Nellie in 1938
Top girls' names in 1938
Top boys' names in 1938
More about 1938
girls
1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 759 of them was named Nellie, which outranked 97.0% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 85,319 of them was named Nellie, which outranked 51.0% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,901Walden14
- #1,901Wilbern14
- #1,901Young14
- #1,976Nellie13
- #1,976Adell13
- #1,976Adrien13
- #1,976Albino13
- #2,084Adolf12
- #2,084Alphonzo12
- #2,084Americo12
Tied with 107 names at #1,976; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.