Nels
Rank in 2025
#4539
recorded as boys
Up 702 since 2024
Babies in 2025
22
boys 22
Peak year
1893
32 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
3,841
since 1880
Born a Nels? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Nels was most popular in 1893, when 32 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.28 per 1,000). In 2025, 22 babies were named Nels, ranking #4539 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 46%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 22 | 4539 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 18 | 5241 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 19 | 5075 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 19 | 5019 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 23 | 4362 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 16 | 5451 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 13 | 6406 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 11 | 7136 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 16 | 5526 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 15 | 5789 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 14 | 5999 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 21 | 4538 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 7 | 9655 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 11 | 7050 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 12 | 6578 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 17 | 5251 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 16 | 5554 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 10 | 7698 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 12 | 6622 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 7 | 9585 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 15 | 5278 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 12 | 6138 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 9 | 7245 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 10 | 6522 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 14 | 5142 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 14 | 5040 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 8 | 7139 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 13 | 4873 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 14 | 4451 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 19 | 3549 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 11 | 5124 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 12 | 4803 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 18 | 3501 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 17 | 3604 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 17 | 3462 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 23 | 2780 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 25 | 2545 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 15 | 3350 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 22 | 2468 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 22 | 2429 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 18 | 2710 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 27 | 1979 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 20 | 2408 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 41 | 1514 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 31 | 1811 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 43 | 1449 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 28 | 1903 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 22 | 2134 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 27 | 1858 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 37 | 1469 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 21 | 2134 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 29 | 1659 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 32 | 1514 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 23 | 1871 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 28 | 1668 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 29 | 1582 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 33 | 1396 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 24 | 1614 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 33 | 1312 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 41 | 1164 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 32 | 1360 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 27 | 1510 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 38 | 1255 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 31 | 1403 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 46 | 1156 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 38 | 1273 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 43 | 1182 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 42 | 1186 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 43 | 1185 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 51 | 1056 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 55 | 1011 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 36 | 1242 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 48 | 1046 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 46 | 1066 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 45 | 1070 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 45 | 1052 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 41 | 1097 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 36 | 1194 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 36 | 1213 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 46 | 1003 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 26 | 1296 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 35 | 1120 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 36 | 1140 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 35 | 1167 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 23 | 1411 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 35 | 1107 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 31 | 1168 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 28 | 1247 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 38 | 1031 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 30 | 1205 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 26 | 1326 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 32 | 1173 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 40 | 1013 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 24 | 1426 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 42 | 1031 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 26 | 1428 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 26 | 1413 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 32 | 1272 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 52 | 964 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 39 | 1144 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 47 | 998 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 37 | 1187 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 38 | 1157 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 38 | 1158 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 45 | 1045 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 44 | 1045 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 34 | 1207 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 65 | 809 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 46 | 946 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 58 | 810 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 56 | 816 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 45 | 788 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 39 | 745 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 30 | 800 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 18 | 759 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 11 | 981 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 11 | 893 |
| 1908 | <5 | — | 13 | 744 |
| 1907 | <5 | — | 16 | 634 |
| 1906 | <5 | — | 11 | 752 |
| 1905 | <5 | — | 14 | 636 |
| 1904 | <5 | — | 7 | 966 |
| 1903 | <5 | — | 9 | 783 |
| 1902 | <5 | — | 14 | 583 |
| 1901 | <5 | — | 8 | 779 |
| 1900 | <5 | — | 8 | 968 |
| 1899 | <5 | — | 14 | 521 |
| 1898 | <5 | — | 19 | 473 |
| 1897 | <5 | — | 14 | 556 |
| 1896 | <5 | — | 21 | 424 |
| 1895 | <5 | — | 20 | 437 |
| 1894 | <5 | — | 20 | 419 |
| 1893 | <5 | — | 32 | 307 |
| 1892 | <5 | — | 19 | 445 |
| 1891 | <5 | — | 18 | 411 |
| 1890 | <5 | — | 15 | 489 |
| 1889 | <5 | — | 17 | 446 |
| 1888 | <5 | — | 32 | 314 |
| 1887 | <5 | — | 19 | 377 |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 15 | 470 |
| 1885 | <5 | — | 20 | 399 |
| 1884 | <5 | — | 32 | 306 |
| 1883 | <5 | — | 19 | 402 |
| 1882 | <5 | — | 26 | 347 |
| 1881 | <5 | — | 18 | 395 |
| 1880 | <5 | — | 12 | 526 |
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