Nelle
Nelle is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 26 births. Its best rank was 175th, in 1885.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 260.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1917169 births
- Best rank
- #175in 1885
- Since 1880
- 5,761people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,761 girls have been named Nelle in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1917, with 169 births.
The name has all but left use: 26 births in 2024, against 169 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1911, and the 1910s alone account for 21%. It has spent 48 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Nelle | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 895 | |
| 1890s | 1,125 | |
| 1900s | 735 | |
| 1910s | 1,201 | |
| 1920s | 868 | |
| 1930s | 282 | |
| 1940s | 140 | |
| 1950s | 91 | |
| 1960s | 47 | |
| 1970s | 17 | |
| 1980s | 22 | |
| 2000s | 35 | |
| 2010s | 151 | |
| 2020s | 152 |
In 1917, its biggest year
Nelle was the 510th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1917 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1917.
Names that rose and fell with Nelle
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mathildapeak 1918
- Maymepeak 1915
- Ettiepeak 1891
- Augustapeak 1915
- Mabellepeak 1893
- Maypeak 1919
- Effiepeak 1919
- Myrtiepeak 1917
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.