Nellie
Rank in 2025
#533
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
567
girls 567
Peak year
1881
1,096 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
153,284
since 1880
Born a Nellie? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Nellie was most popular in 1881, when 1,096 babies recorded as girls got the name (11.9 per 1,000). In 2025, 567 babies were named Nellie, ranking #533 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 93%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 567 | 533 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 592 | 521 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 486 | 615 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 446 | 663 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 384 | 743 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 325 | 840 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 311 | 861 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 239 | 1065 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 196 | 1224 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 202 | 1217 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 197 | 1239 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 183 | 1301 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 158 | 1432 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 139 | 1566 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 116 | 1758 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 118 | 1751 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 125 | 1742 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 113 | 1880 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 119 | 1792 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 99 | 2003 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 84 | 2180 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 97 | 1925 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 88 | 2033 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 93 | 1897 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 85 | 1995 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 68 | 2277 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 85 | 1857 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 86 | 1801 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 76 | 1914 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 76 | 1898 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 87 | 1684 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 76 | 1862 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 71 | 1967 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 82 | 1774 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 81 | 1766 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 118 | 1347 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 98 | 1479 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 97 | 1427 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 72 | 1678 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 96 | 1351 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 106 | 1269 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 114 | 1170 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 129 | 1071 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 127 | 1107 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 135 | 1055 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 138 | 1034 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 154 | 950 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 143 | 969 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 134 | 1004 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 131 | 971 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 151 | 878 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 156 | 841 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 136 | 910 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 151 | 855 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 164 | 836 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 159 | 848 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 147 | 859 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 165 | 779 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 197 | 695 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 213 | 662 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 202 | 691 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 262 | 624 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 259 | 627 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 266 | 615 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 335 | 535 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 363 | 507 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 384 | 498 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 382 | 489 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 432 | 455 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 487 | 410 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 521 | 386 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 550 | 372 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 606 | 336 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 637 | 321 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 604 | 322 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 757 | 283 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 743 | 281 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 891 | 250 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 876 | 250 | 6 | 3370 |
| 1946 | 885 | 240 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 933 | 210 | 5 | 3338 |
| 1944 | 1,011 | 199 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 1,077 | 197 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 1,207 | 183 | 11 | 2268 |
| 1941 | 1,284 | 167 | 8 | 2656 |
| 1940 | 1,300 | 161 | 7 | 2871 |
| 1939 | 1,373 | 157 | 10 | 2288 |
| 1938 | 1,454 | 152 | 13 | 1976 |
| 1937 | 1,590 | 140 | 10 | 2332 |
| 1936 | 1,665 | 135 | 9 | 2452 |
| 1935 | 1,738 | 131 | 15 | 1837 |
| 1934 | 1,837 | 126 | 14 | 1932 |
| 1933 | 1,867 | 120 | 13 | 1997 |
| 1932 | 1,979 | 123 | 17 | 1777 |
| 1931 | 1,987 | 119 | 16 | 1843 |
| 1930 | 2,213 | 113 | 15 | 1964 |
| 1929 | 2,198 | 113 | 16 | 1933 |
| 1928 | 2,346 | 111 | 14 | 2162 |
| 1927 | 2,678 | 105 | 11 | 2523 |
| 1926 | 2,722 | 102 | 18 | 1846 |
| 1925 | 2,937 | 98 | 10 | 2755 |
| 1924 | 3,075 | 92 | 19 | 1839 |
| 1923 | 3,184 | 88 | 8 | 3175 |
| 1922 | 3,274 | 83 | 8 | 3252 |
| 1921 | 3,513 | 80 | 11 | 2632 |
| 1920 | 3,762 | 76 | 13 | 2336 |
| 1919 | 3,726 | 69 | 12 | 2385 |
| 1918 | 4,048 | 65 | 9 | 2882 |
| 1917 | 3,808 | 64 | 13 | 2188 |
| 1916 | 3,862 | 61 | 9 | 2730 |
| 1915 | 3,679 | 63 | 11 | 2310 |
| 1914 | 2,952 | 61 | 7 | 2651 |
| 1913 | 2,645 | 58 | 6 | 2496 |
| 1912 | 2,365 | 59 | 10 | 1619 |
| 1911 | 1,866 | 54 | 6 | 1537 |
| 1910 | 1,928 | 51 | 6 | 1421 |
| 1909 | 1,768 | 51 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 1,757 | 49 | 7 | 1113 |
| 1907 | 1,671 | 50 | 7 | 1094 |
| 1906 | 1,596 | 49 | 7 | 1004 |
| 1905 | 1,626 | 48 | 7 | 1002 |
| 1904 | 1,560 | 44 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 1,491 | 45 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 1,566 | 41 | 6 | 1013 |
| 1901 | 1,454 | 41 | 9 | 727 |
| 1900 | 1,850 | 43 | 12 | 743 |
| 1899 | 1,510 | 41 | 6 | 928 |
| 1898 | 1,810 | 36 | 6 | 1002 |
| 1897 | 1,693 | 37 | 6 | 942 |
| 1896 | 1,696 | 34 | 6 | 982 |
| 1895 | 1,833 | 29 | 9 | 738 |
| 1894 | 1,767 | 30 | 11 | 631 |
| 1893 | 1,770 | 27 | 16 | 459 |
| 1892 | 1,738 | 30 | 9 | 748 |
| 1891 | 1,647 | 25 | 9 | 635 |
| 1890 | 1,821 | 20 | 9 | 667 |
| 1889 | 1,752 | 19 | 8 | 722 |
| 1888 | 1,736 | 21 | 8 | 755 |
| 1887 | 1,457 | 19 | 10 | 583 |
| 1886 | 1,492 | 17 | 5 | 959 |
| 1885 | 1,432 | 16 | 6 | 836 |
| 1884 | 1,417 | 17 | 9 | 663 |
| 1883 | 1,246 | 17 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 1,138 | 19 | 6 | 837 |
| 1881 | 1,096 | 14 | 7 | 706 |
| 1880 | 995 | 18 | 6 | 809 |
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Where Nellie is most popular
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years