Nellie
#269 most common girls' name of all time · #499 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among girls
#269
Rank overall
#499 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
153,284
Since 2016
3,748
Peak year
1918 #65
Best rank
#14 1881
Girls
Boys
peak 4,057/yr
Nellie 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 567 | — | 567 | #533 |
| 2024 | 592 | — | 592 | #521 |
| 2023 | 486 | — | 486 | #615 |
| 2022 | 446 | — | 446 | #663 |
| 2021 | 384 | — | 384 | #743 |
| 2020 | 325 | — | 325 | #840 |
| 2019 | 311 | — | 311 | #861 |
| 2018 | 239 | — | 239 | #1,065 |
| 2017 | 196 | — | 196 | #1,224 |
| 2016 | 202 | — | 202 | #1,217 |
| 2015 | 197 | — | 197 | #1,239 |
| 2014 | 183 | — | 183 | #1,302 |
| 2013 | 158 | — | 158 | #1,432 |
| 2012 | 139 | — | 139 | #1,566 |
| 2011 | 116 | — | 116 | #1,758 |
| 2010 | 118 | — | 118 | #1,751 |
| 2009 | 125 | — | 125 | #1,742 |
| 2008 | 113 | — | 113 | #1,880 |
| 2007 | 119 | — | 119 | #1,792 |
| 2006 | 99 | — | 99 | #2,003 |
| 2005 | 84 | — | 84 | #2,180 |
| 2004 | 97 | — | 97 | #1,925 |
| 2003 | 88 | — | 88 | #2,033 |
| 2002 | 93 | — | 93 | #1,897 |
| 2001 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,995 |
| 2000 | 68 | — | 68 | #2,277 |
| 1999 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,857 |
| 1998 | 86 | — | 86 | #1,801 |
| 1997 | 76 | — | 76 | #1,914 |
| 1996 | 76 | — | 76 | #1,898 |
| 1995 | 87 | — | 87 | #1,684 |
| 1994 | 76 | — | 76 | #1,862 |
| 1993 | 71 | — | 71 | #1,967 |
| 1992 | 82 | — | 82 | #1,774 |
| 1991 | 81 | — | 81 | #1,766 |
| 1990 | 118 | — | 118 | #1,347 |
| 1989 | 98 | — | 98 | #1,479 |
| 1988 | 97 | — | 97 | #1,427 |
| 1987 | 72 | — | 72 | #1,678 |
| 1986 | 96 | — | 96 | #1,351 |
| 1985 | 106 | — | 106 | #1,269 |
| 1984 | 114 | — | 114 | #1,170 |
| 1983 | 129 | — | 129 | #1,071 |
| 1982 | 127 | — | 127 | #1,107 |
| 1981 | 135 | — | 135 | #1,055 |
| 1980 | 138 | — | 138 | #1,034 |
| 1979 | 154 | — | 154 | #950 |
| 1978 | 143 | — | 143 | #969 |
| 1977 | 134 | — | 134 | #1,004 |
| 1976 | 131 | — | 131 | #971 |
| 1975 | 151 | — | 151 | #878 |
| 1974 | 156 | — | 156 | #841 |
| 1973 | 136 | — | 136 | #910 |
| 1972 | 151 | — | 151 | #855 |
| 1971 | 164 | — | 164 | #836 |
| 1970 | 159 | — | 159 | #848 |
| 1969 | 147 | — | 147 | #859 |
| 1968 | 165 | — | 165 | #779 |
| 1967 | 197 | — | 197 | #695 |
| 1966 | 213 | — | 213 | #662 |
| 1965 | 202 | — | 202 | #691 |
| 1964 | 262 | — | 262 | #624 |
| 1963 | 259 | — | 259 | #627 |
| 1962 | 266 | — | 266 | #615 |
| 1961 | 335 | — | 335 | #535 |
| 1960 | 363 | — | 363 | #507 |
| 1959 | 384 | — | 384 | #498 |
| 1958 | 382 | — | 382 | #489 |
| 1957 | 432 | — | 432 | #455 |
| 1956 | 487 | — | 487 | #410 |
| 1955 | 521 | — | 521 | #386 |
| 1954 | 550 | — | 550 | #372 |
| 1953 | 606 | — | 606 | #336 |
| 1952 | 637 | — | 637 | #321 |
| 1951 | 604 | — | 604 | #322 |
| 1950 | 757 | — | 757 | #283 |
| 1949 | 743 | — | 743 | #281 |
| 1948 | 891 | — | 891 | #250 |
| 1947 | 876 | 6 | 882 | #250 |
| 1946 | 885 | — | 885 | #240 |
| 1945 | 933 | 5 | 938 | #210 |
| 1944 | 1,011 | — | 1,011 | #199 |
| 1943 | 1,077 | — | 1,077 | #197 |
| 1942 | 1,207 | 11 | 1,218 | #183 |
| 1941 | 1,284 | 8 | 1,292 | #167 |
| 1940 | 1,300 | 7 | 1,307 | #161 |
| 1939 | 1,373 | 10 | 1,383 | #157 |
| 1938 | 1,454 | 13 | 1,467 | #152 |
| 1937 | 1,590 | 10 | 1,600 | #140 |
| 1936 | 1,665 | 9 | 1,674 | #135 |
| 1935 | 1,738 | 15 | 1,753 | #131 |
| 1934 | 1,837 | 14 | 1,851 | #126 |
| 1933 | 1,867 | 13 | 1,880 | #120 |
| 1932 | 1,979 | 17 | 1,996 | #123 |
| 1931 | 1,987 | 16 | 2,003 | #119 |
| 1930 | 2,213 | 15 | 2,228 | #113 |
| 1929 | 2,198 | 16 | 2,214 | #113 |
| 1928 | 2,346 | 14 | 2,360 | #111 |
| 1927 | 2,678 | 11 | 2,689 | #105 |
| 1926 | 2,722 | 18 | 2,740 | #102 |
| 1925 | 2,937 | 10 | 2,947 | #98 |
| 1924 | 3,075 | 19 | 3,094 | #92 |
| 1923 | 3,184 | 8 | 3,192 | #88 |
| 1922 | 3,274 | 8 | 3,282 | #83 |
| 1921 | 3,513 | 11 | 3,524 | #80 |
| 1920 | 3,762 | 13 | 3,775 | #76 |
| 1919 | 3,726 | 12 | 3,738 | #69 |
| 1918 | 4,048 | 9 | 4,057 | #65 |
| 1917 | 3,808 | 13 | 3,821 | #64 |
| 1916 | 3,862 | 9 | 3,871 | #61 |
| 1915 | 3,679 | 11 | 3,690 | #63 |
| 1914 | 2,952 | 7 | 2,959 | #61 |
| 1913 | 2,645 | 6 | 2,651 | #58 |
| 1912 | 2,365 | 10 | 2,375 | #59 |
| 1911 | 1,866 | 6 | 1,872 | #54 |
| 1910 | 1,928 | 6 | 1,934 | #51 |
| 1909 | 1,768 | — | 1,768 | #51 |
| 1908 | 1,757 | 7 | 1,764 | #49 |
| 1907 | 1,671 | 7 | 1,678 | #50 |
| 1906 | 1,596 | 7 | 1,603 | #49 |
| 1905 | 1,626 | 7 | 1,633 | #48 |
| 1904 | 1,560 | — | 1,560 | #44 |
| 1903 | 1,491 | — | 1,491 | #45 |
| 1902 | 1,566 | 6 | 1,572 | #41 |
| 1901 | 1,454 | 9 | 1,463 | #41 |
| 1900 | 1,850 | 12 | 1,862 | #43 |
| 1899 | 1,510 | 6 | 1,516 | #41 |
| 1898 | 1,810 | 6 | 1,816 | #36 |
| 1897 | 1,693 | 6 | 1,699 | #37 |
| 1896 | 1,696 | 6 | 1,702 | #34 |
| 1895 | 1,833 | 9 | 1,842 | #29 |
| 1894 | 1,767 | 11 | 1,778 | #30 |
| 1893 | 1,770 | 16 | 1,786 | #27 |
| 1892 | 1,738 | 9 | 1,747 | #30 |
| 1891 | 1,647 | 9 | 1,656 | #25 |
| 1890 | 1,821 | 9 | 1,830 | #20 |
| 1889 | 1,752 | 8 | 1,760 | #19 |
| 1888 | 1,736 | 8 | 1,744 | #21 |
| 1887 | 1,457 | 10 | 1,467 | #19 |
| 1886 | 1,492 | 5 | 1,497 | #17 |
| 1885 | 1,432 | 6 | 1,438 | #16 |
| 1884 | 1,417 | 9 | 1,426 | #17 |
| 1883 | 1,246 | — | 1,246 | #17 |
| 1882 | 1,138 | 6 | 1,144 | #19 |
| 1881 | 1,096 | 7 | 1,103 | #14 |
| 1880 | 995 | 6 | 1,001 | #18 |