Nely
- #13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · girls
- 1992 · 31 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 603since 1973
Nely over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Nely has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
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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 | #13,208 | 6 |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 |
| 2009 | #7,341 | 17 |
| 2008 | #6,559 | 20 |
| 2007 | #5,526 | 25 |
| 2006 | #6,840 | 18 |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 |
| 2003 | #4,804 | 26 |
| 2002 | #5,254 | 22 |
| 2001 | #4,107 | 30 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 |
| 1999 | #4,088 | 28 |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 |
| 1997 | #5,010 | 20 |
| 1996 | #4,583 | 22 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 |
| 1992 | #3,503 | 31 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 |
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| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 |
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| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
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First appearance
1973
The first year at least five girls were named Nely! It came in at #8,423, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1973–1978, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Nely is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Nely in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 269 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #13,208)
- 1,066 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #13,208)
- 1,274 spots since 2015 (#14,482 → #13,208)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 1992 at #3,503 (31 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 1 yr 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 59,482
- Highest: 1 in 59,482 girls born in 1992 were named Nely (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 34.2% of all girls named Nely (206) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 14 | #6,696 (1979) | #7,560 |
| 1980s | 84 | #5,312 (1987) | #7,286 |
| 1990s | 196 | #3,503 (1992) | #5,225 |
| 2000s | 206 | #4,107 (2001) | #6,317 |
| 2010s | 68 | #7,804 (2012) | #12,315 |
| 2020s | 35 | #10,383 (2022) | #12,281 |
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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