Nelia Girl
How popular is Nelia?
#7,489 girl name in 2025
14 baby girls were named Nelia in the US in 2025, making it the 7489th most popular girl name.
903living people named Nelia (est.)
42median age of people named Nelia
1,580babies named Nelia since 1880
1 in 236,810US babies born in 2025
Nelia popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #7,489 for girls (▼ 1325 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 14 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-42% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,456 in 2015, #6,079 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2015 (24 girls) |
| Highest rank | #583 in 1884 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Nelia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nelia family of names ranked #3,914 for girls in 2025 (#3,302 the year before), with 20 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Nelia | 14 | 70% |
| Nelya | 6 | 30% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Nelia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 82 | #583 |
| 1890s | 80 | #865 |
| 1900s | 93 | #936 |
| 1910s | 119 | #1,421 |
| 1920s | 133 | #1,889 |
| 1930s | 122 | #1,906 |
| 1940s | 112 | #2,396 |
| 1950s | 113 | #2,651 |
| 1960s | 87 | #3,455 |
| 1970s | 138 | #3,311 |
| 1980s | 72 | #5,543 |
| 1990s | 67 | #7,874 |
| 2000s | 108 | #7,438 |
| 2010s | 163 | #5,456 |
| 2020s | 91 | #6,079 |
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Questions
- Is Nelia a boy or girl name?
- Nelia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nelia were girls.
- How popular is the name Nelia?
- 14 baby girls were named Nelia in the US in 2025, making it the 7489th most popular girl name.
- When was Nelia most popular?
- Nelia peaked in 2015, when 24 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #583 in 1884.
- How many people are named Nelia?
- 1,580 babies have been named Nelia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 903 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 42.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.