Nelle Girl
How popular is Nelle?
#4,264 girl name in 2025
33 baby girls were named Nelle in the US in 2025, making it the 4264th most popular girl name.
Nelle popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,264 for girls (▲ 754 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 33 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+83% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #6,719 in 2015, #3,840 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1917 (169 girls) |
| Highest rank | #175 in 1885 |
| 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 |
Nelle counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nell family of names ranked #1,141 for girls in 2025 (#1,085 the year before), with 167 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Nell | 128 | 77% |
| Nelle | 33 | 20% |
| Nel | 6 | 4% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Nelle is most popular
Babies named Nelle per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
Nelle by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 895 | #175 |
| 1890s | 1,125 | #198 |
| 1900s | 735 | #347 |
| 1910s | 1,201 | #463 |
| 1920s | 868 | #636 |
| 1930s | 282 | #1,101 |
| 1940s | 140 | #1,980 |
| 1950s | 91 | #3,105 |
| 1960s | 47 | #4,488 |
| 1970s | 17 | #7,290 |
| 1980s | 22 | #8,518 |
| 2000s | 35 | #12,049 |
| 2010s | 151 | #4,342 |
| 2020s | 185 | #3,840 |
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Questions
- Is Nelle a boy or girl name?
- Nelle is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nelle were girls.
- How popular is the name Nelle?
- 33 baby girls were named Nelle in the US in 2025, making it the 4264th most popular girl name.
- When was Nelle most popular?
- Nelle peaked in 1917, when 169 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #175 in 1885.
- How many people are named Nelle?
- 5,794 babies have been named Nelle in the US since 1880. We estimate about 719 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Nelle most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nelle was most common in New York, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
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.