Nelly
Rank in 2025
#1291
recorded as girls
Up 67 since 2024
#8243
recorded as boys
Up 2,695 since 2024
Babies in 2025
182
girls 173 · boys 9
Peak year
2007
208 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
7,871
since 1882
Born a Nelly? 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
Nelly was most popular in 2007, when 208 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.11 per 1,000). In 2025, 173 babies were named Nelly, ranking #1291 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 48%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 173 | 1291 | 9 | 8243 |
| 2024 | 168 | 1358 | 6 | 10938 |
| 2023 | 142 | 1514 | 5 | 12239 |
| 2022 | 158 | 1422 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 135 | 1554 | 9 | 8166 |
| 2020 | 92 | 2023 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 146 | 1495 | 6 | 10803 |
| 2018 | 99 | 1978 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 128 | 1677 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 104 | 1929 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 122 | 1719 | 6 | 10644 |
| 2014 | 139 | 1562 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 130 | 1642 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 159 | 1432 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 147 | 1509 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 161 | 1420 | 7 | 9693 |
| 2009 | 194 | 1258 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 195 | 1274 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 208 | 1205 | 5 | 12367 |
| 2006 | 158 | 1428 | 7 | 9585 |
| 2005 | 150 | 1425 | 7 | 9115 |
| 2004 | 156 | 1353 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 159 | 1305 | 7 | 8643 |
| 2002 | 144 | 1345 | 5 | 10667 |
| 2001 | 119 | 1560 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 113 | 1571 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 85 | 1857 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 79 | 1921 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 84 | 1784 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 104 | 1532 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 97 | 1562 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 107 | 1476 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 97 | 1577 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 126 | 1329 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 91 | 1642 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 103 | 1503 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 73 | 1818 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 92 | 1477 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 79 | 1581 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 69 | 1691 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 83 | 1483 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 69 | 1604 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 69 | 1608 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 85 | 1429 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 81 | 1490 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 70 | 1644 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 62 | 1753 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 85 | 1374 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 73 | 1498 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 78 | 1373 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 62 | 1586 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 77 | 1351 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 54 | 1666 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 47 | 1804 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 48 | 1828 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 48 | 1828 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 37 | 2058 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 44 | 1776 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 42 | 1783 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 38 | 1859 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 35 | 1950 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 44 | 1747 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 42 | 1787 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 45 | 1690 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 39 | 1838 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 62 | 1393 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 56 | 1435 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 46 | 1578 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 37 | 1784 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 55 | 1413 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 57 | 1334 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 35 | 1739 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 30 | 1834 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 28 | 1892 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 19 | 2314 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 21 | 2121 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 21 | 2134 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 17 | 2416 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 28 | 1822 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 7 | 3994 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 15 | 2237 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 9 | 3139 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 12 | 2695 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 20 | 1917 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 9 | 3030 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 22 | 1682 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 21 | 1684 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 9 | 2940 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 19 | 1784 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 9 | 2857 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 14 | 2206 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 17 | 1913 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 14 | 2161 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 13 | 2365 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 20 | 1750 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 26 | 1535 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 15 | 2191 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 24 | 1680 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 17 | 2169 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 28 | 1541 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 26 | 1647 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 19 | 2062 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 22 | 1840 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 18 | 2109 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 20 | 1988 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 21 | 1889 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 17 | 2063 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 20 | 1887 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 24 | 1552 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 10 | 2833 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 18 | 1800 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 13 | 1896 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 14 | 1601 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 7 | 2360 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 7 | 1935 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 7 | 1763 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 5 | 2101 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 7 | 1639 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 7 | 1553 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 5 | 1931 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 6 | 1659 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 8 | 1318 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 8 | 1320 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 9 | 1136 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1899 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1898 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 6 | 1385 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 6 | 1426 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 5 | 1437 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 5 | 1450 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 8 | 1006 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 9 | 894 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 9 | 788 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 5 | 1108 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 9 | 745 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 8 | 692 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 10 | 596 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 99% · boys 1% across all years