Nela
#9,899 most common girls' name of all time · #16,468 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1903–2025
Rank among girls
#9,899
Rank overall
#16,468 of 105,966
First appeared
1903
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
597
Since 2016
176
Peak year
2019 #4,921
Best rank
#1,918 1906
Girls
Boys
peak 27/yr
Nela first appears in 1903. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,394 |
| 2024 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2023 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,889 |
| 2022 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,308 |
| 2021 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,198 |
| 2020 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,655 |
| 2019 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,921 |
| 2018 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,810 |
| 2017 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,746 |
| 2016 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,630 |
| 2015 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,472 |
| 2014 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,327 |
| 2013 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,752 |
| 2012 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,749 |
| 2011 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,357 |
| 2010 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,545 |
| 2009 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,924 |
| 2008 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,768 |
| 2007 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,572 |
| 2006 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,163 |
| 2005 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,175 |
| 2004 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,945 |
| 2003 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,877 |
| 2001 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,476 |
| 2000 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,883 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,836 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,047 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,915 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,415 |
| 1955 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,030 |
| 1953 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,690 |
| 1952 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,214 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,976 |
| 1948 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,977 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,557 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,918 |
| 1942 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,264 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,446 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,595 |
| 1930 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,184 |
| 1928 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,356 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,465 |
| 1925 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,019 |
| 1924 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,751 |
| 1922 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,053 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,636 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,578 |
| 1919 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,427 |
| 1918 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,445 |
| 1917 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,626 |
| 1916 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,690 |
| 1915 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,948 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | 5 | #3,403 |
| 1912 | 7 | — | 7 | #2,530 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,309 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,918 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,073 |