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.

Nelse

#23,291 most common boys' name of all time · #61,459 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1913–1953

Rank among boys
#23,291
Rank overall
#61,459 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
5 of 146
All-time
28
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1922 #4,014
Best rank
#2,779 1913
Girls Boys peak 6/yr
19201940

Nelse first appears in 1913. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1953 — 5 5 #4,008
1930 — 5 5 #4,193
1924 — 6 6 #4,045
1922 — 6 6 #4,014
1913 — 6 6 #2,779