Nelson
#370 most common boys' name of all time · #814 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#370
Rank overall
#814 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
80,140
Since 2016
3,639
Peak year
1959 #244
Best rank
#134 1882
Girls
Boys
peak 1,084/yr
Nelson 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 | — | 300 | 300 | #824 |
| 2024 | — | 323 | 323 | #778 |
| 2023 | 6 | 311 | 317 | #798 |
| 2022 | 5 | 315 | 320 | #797 |
| 2021 | — | 358 | 358 | #722 |
| 2020 | 5 | 388 | 393 | #670 |
| 2019 | 5 | 407 | 412 | #654 |
| 2018 | — | 374 | 374 | #671 |
| 2017 | — | 411 | 411 | #631 |
| 2016 | — | 431 | 431 | #621 |
| 2015 | — | 426 | 426 | #626 |
| 2014 | — | 409 | 409 | #645 |
| 2013 | — | 442 | 442 | #581 |
| 2012 | — | 466 | 466 | #559 |
| 2011 | — | 457 | 457 | #556 |
| 2010 | — | 447 | 447 | #568 |
| 2009 | — | 520 | 520 | #519 |
| 2008 | — | 551 | 551 | #497 |
| 2007 | — | 584 | 584 | #467 |
| 2006 | — | 605 | 605 | #448 |
| 2005 | — | 595 | 595 | #441 |
| 2004 | 6 | 574 | 580 | #450 |
| 2003 | — | 612 | 612 | #420 |
| 2002 | — | 619 | 619 | #408 |
| 2001 | — | 615 | 615 | #407 |
| 2000 | — | 602 | 602 | #414 |
| 1999 | 5 | 605 | 610 | #402 |
| 1998 | — | 615 | 615 | #397 |
| 1997 | — | 619 | 619 | #387 |
| 1996 | — | 621 | 621 | #377 |
| 1995 | 6 | 681 | 687 | #356 |
| 1994 | 8 | 720 | 728 | #342 |
| 1993 | 6 | 761 | 767 | #333 |
| 1992 | 8 | 801 | 809 | #319 |
| 1991 | — | 810 | 810 | #318 |
| 1990 | 5 | 931 | 936 | #279 |
| 1989 | 8 | 856 | 864 | #287 |
| 1988 | 9 | 758 | 767 | #300 |
| 1987 | 5 | 712 | 717 | #302 |
| 1986 | 9 | 714 | 723 | #293 |
| 1985 | — | 706 | 706 | #290 |
| 1984 | 9 | 651 | 660 | #303 |
| 1983 | — | 630 | 630 | #312 |
| 1982 | 6 | 658 | 664 | #302 |
| 1981 | 6 | 640 | 646 | #302 |
| 1980 | 6 | 684 | 690 | #297 |
| 1979 | 6 | 670 | 676 | #297 |
| 1978 | 5 | 680 | 685 | #285 |
| 1977 | 11 | 670 | 681 | #292 |
| 1976 | 7 | 731 | 738 | #266 |
| 1975 | 5 | 690 | 695 | #277 |
| 1974 | 11 | 675 | 686 | #278 |
| 1973 | 7 | 580 | 587 | #303 |
| 1972 | 12 | 620 | 632 | #300 |
| 1971 | 8 | 775 | 783 | #273 |
| 1970 | 12 | 756 | 768 | #278 |
| 1969 | 5 | 764 | 769 | #270 |
| 1968 | 8 | 764 | 772 | #261 |
| 1967 | 7 | 789 | 796 | #255 |
| 1966 | 8 | 724 | 732 | #274 |
| 1965 | 5 | 815 | 820 | #259 |
| 1964 | — | 826 | 826 | #268 |
| 1963 | — | 982 | 982 | #246 |
| 1962 | 7 | 931 | 938 | #253 |
| 1961 | — | 951 | 951 | #254 |
| 1960 | 5 | 1,016 | 1,021 | #250 |
| 1959 | — | 1,084 | 1,084 | #244 |
| 1958 | 6 | 948 | 954 | #254 |
| 1957 | 7 | 942 | 949 | #250 |
| 1956 | 5 | 915 | 920 | #241 |
| 1955 | — | 914 | 914 | #235 |
| 1954 | 5 | 947 | 952 | #228 |
| 1953 | — | 1,012 | 1,012 | #214 |
| 1952 | — | 830 | 830 | #232 |
| 1951 | — | 802 | 802 | #240 |
| 1950 | — | 804 | 804 | #228 |
| 1949 | 5 | 782 | 787 | #232 |
| 1948 | — | 814 | 814 | #227 |
| 1947 | — | 814 | 814 | #224 |
| 1946 | — | 740 | 740 | #222 |
| 1945 | — | 696 | 696 | #206 |
| 1944 | 7 | 715 | 722 | #207 |
| 1943 | 6 | 794 | 800 | #203 |
| 1942 | 8 | 870 | 878 | #181 |
| 1941 | 5 | 791 | 796 | #186 |
| 1940 | — | 807 | 807 | #182 |
| 1939 | — | 801 | 801 | #178 |
| 1938 | — | 795 | 795 | #182 |
| 1937 | — | 661 | 661 | #194 |
| 1936 | 13 | 631 | 644 | #195 |
| 1935 | 6 | 578 | 584 | #209 |
| 1934 | 7 | 569 | 576 | #214 |
| 1933 | 6 | 572 | 578 | #205 |
| 1932 | 6 | 629 | 635 | #204 |
| 1931 | 6 | 607 | 613 | #209 |
| 1930 | 7 | 630 | 637 | #209 |
| 1929 | 6 | 590 | 596 | #215 |
| 1928 | — | 681 | 681 | #201 |
| 1927 | 13 | 673 | 686 | #206 |
| 1926 | 5 | 685 | 690 | #202 |
| 1925 | — | 738 | 738 | #186 |
| 1924 | 9 | 753 | 762 | #188 |
| 1923 | — | 704 | 704 | #195 |
| 1922 | 7 | 659 | 666 | #201 |
| 1921 | 8 | 704 | 712 | #194 |
| 1920 | 5 | 740 | 745 | #187 |
| 1919 | — | 682 | 682 | #187 |
| 1918 | 6 | 664 | 670 | #190 |
| 1917 | 5 | 605 | 610 | #194 |
| 1916 | — | 619 | 619 | #188 |
| 1915 | 5 | 606 | 611 | #184 |
| 1914 | — | 527 | 527 | #171 |
| 1913 | 5 | 357 | 362 | #188 |
| 1912 | — | 349 | 349 | #166 |
| 1911 | — | 180 | 180 | #175 |
| 1910 | — | 142 | 142 | #189 |
| 1909 | — | 113 | 113 | #195 |
| 1908 | — | 112 | 112 | #189 |
| 1907 | — | 129 | 129 | #167 |
| 1906 | — | 100 | 100 | #180 |
| 1905 | — | 126 | 126 | #160 |
| 1904 | — | 81 | 81 | #202 |
| 1903 | — | 93 | 93 | #176 |
| 1902 | — | 78 | 78 | #202 |
| 1901 | — | 97 | 97 | #159 |
| 1900 | — | 135 | 135 | #154 |
| 1899 | — | 107 | 107 | #146 |
| 1898 | — | 112 | 112 | #152 |
| 1897 | — | 104 | 104 | #149 |
| 1896 | — | 86 | 86 | #190 |
| 1895 | — | 108 | 108 | #143 |
| 1894 | — | 76 | 76 | #196 |
| 1893 | — | 72 | 72 | #199 |
| 1892 | — | 98 | 98 | #161 |
| 1891 | — | 86 | 86 | #153 |
| 1890 | — | 71 | 71 | #190 |
| 1889 | — | 80 | 80 | #168 |
| 1888 | — | 85 | 85 | #175 |
| 1887 | — | 62 | 62 | #195 |
| 1886 | — | 78 | 78 | #176 |
| 1885 | — | 83 | 83 | #160 |
| 1884 | — | 89 | 89 | #154 |
| 1883 | — | 79 | 79 | #160 |
| 1882 | — | 104 | 104 | #134 |
| 1881 | — | 90 | 90 | #137 |
| 1880 | — | 99 | 99 | #138 |