Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Nelle

#2,255 most common girls' name of all time · #3,843 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#2,255
Rank overall
#3,843 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
115 of 146
All-time
5,794
Since 2016
277
Peak year
1917 #510
Best rank
#175 1885
Girls Boys peak 169/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Nelle is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 33 — 33 #4,267
2024 26 — 26 #5,022
2023 34 — 34 #4,192
2022 26 — 26 #5,028
2021 29 — 29 #4,607
2020 37 — 37 #3,842
2019 32 — 32 #4,343
2018 28 — 28 #4,769
2017 15 — 15 #7,442
2016 17 — 17 #6,902
2015 18 — 18 #6,722
2014 10 — 10 #10,129
2013 7 — 7 #13,150
2012 12 — 12 #9,111
2011 5 — 5 #16,765
2010 7 — 7 #13,449
2009 7 — 7 #13,704
2008 7 — 7 #13,835
2006 8 — 8 #12,420
2005 6 — 6 #14,504
2001 7 — 7 #12,061
1986 7 — 7 #8,524
1985 5 — 5 #10,678
1982 5 — 5 #10,517
1980 5 — 5 #10,392
1976 5 — 5 #9,287
1975 6 — 6 #7,984
1972 6 — 6 #7,293
1968 10 — 10 #4,490
1965 5 — 5 #6,539
1964 5 — 5 #6,767
1963 5 — 5 #6,592
1962 7 — 7 #5,295
1961 8 — 8 #4,882
1960 7 — 7 #5,168
1959 6 — 6 #5,567
1958 6 — 6 #5,408
1957 9 — 9 #4,202
1956 5 — 5 #5,952
1955 11 — 11 #3,572
1954 13 — 13 #3,158
1953 13 — 13 #3,106
1952 11 — 11 #3,372
1951 9 — 9 #3,714
1950 8 — 8 #3,962
1949 11 — 11 #3,176
1948 10 — 10 #3,350
1947 11 — 11 #3,240
1946 16 — 16 #2,392
1945 17 — 17 #2,060
1944 14 — 14 #2,401
1943 18 — 18 #2,079
1942 19 — 19 #1,981
1941 11 — 11 #2,668
1940 13 — 13 #2,297
1939 26 — 26 #1,474
1938 20 — 20 #1,752
1937 20 — 20 #1,735
1936 28 — 28 #1,375
1935 22 — 22 #1,606
1934 26 — 26 #1,440
1933 27 — 27 #1,400
1932 35 — 35 #1,213
1931 33 — 33 #1,258
1930 45 — 45 #1,101
1929 46 — 46 #1,078
1928 42 — 42 #1,179
1927 66 — 66 #917
1926 68 — 68 #903
1925 84 — 84 #806
1924 99 — 99 #744
1923 106 — 106 #708
1922 94 — 94 #754
1921 135 — 135 #636
1920 128 — 128 #636
1919 125 — 125 #626
1918 152 — 152 #578
1917 169 — 169 #510
1916 141 — 141 #565
1915 139 — 139 #537
1914 127 — 127 #494
1913 105 — 105 #497
1912 100 — 100 #478
1911 78 — 78 #463
1910 65 — 65 #503
1909 75 — 75 #426
1908 52 — 52 #503
1907 72 — 72 #418
1906 82 — 82 #376
1905 85 — 85 #367
1904 66 — 66 #398
1903 53 — 53 #435
1902 82 — 82 #351
1901 77 — 77 #347
1900 91 — 91 #352
1899 87 — 87 #322
1898 109 — 109 #297
1897 97 — 97 #291
1896 89 — 89 #308
1895 112 — 112 #264
1894 113 — 113 #257
1893 120 — 120 #239
1892 133 — 133 #224
1891 122 — 122 #217
1890 143 — 143 #198
1889 119 — 119 #212
1888 105 — 105 #226
1887 100 — 100 #203
1886 98 — 98 #200
1885 109 — 109 #175
1884 92 — 92 #193
1883 76 — 76 #195
1882 59 — 59 #225
1881 72 — 72 #178
1880 65 — 65 #189