Is Nelle a boy or girl name?
Nelle is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 26 girls and 0 boys were named Nelle, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 5,761 US babies named Nelle were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #5,090
- Babies named Nelle since 1880
- 5,761
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 169 babies
Boys and girls named Nelle, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 895 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 1,125 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 735 | 100% |
| 1910s | 0 | 1,201 | 100% |
| 1920s | 0 | 868 | 100% |
| 1930s | 0 | 282 | 100% |
| 1940s | 0 | 140 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 91 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 47 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 17 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 22 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2000s | 0 | 35 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 151 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 152 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 26 | #5,090 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 34 | #4,252 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 26 | #5,127 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 29 | #4,699 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 37 | #3,890 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 32 | #4,415 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 28 | #4,856 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 15 | #7,735 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 17 | #7,139 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 18 | #6,909 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 10 | #10,721 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 7 | #14,208 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 12 | #9,551 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 5 | #18,785 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 7 | #14,546 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 7 | #14,792 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 7 | #14,953 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 8 | #13,275 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 6 | #15,880 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 7 | #13,080 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 7 | #9,254 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 5 | #11,903 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 5 | #11,715 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 5 | #11,590 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 5 | #10,361 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 6 | #8,700 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 6 | #7,931 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 10 | #4,688 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 5 | #7,218 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 5 | #7,476 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 5 | #7,321 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 7 | #5,690 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 8 | #5,167 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 7 | #5,542 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 6 | #6,034 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 6 | #5,909 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 9 | #4,454 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 5 | #6,616 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 11 | #3,722 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 13 | #3,277 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 13 | #3,226 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 11 | #3,496 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 9 | #3,916 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 8 | #4,219 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 11 | #3,333 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 10 | #3,527 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 11 | #3,386 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 16 | #2,457 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 17 | #2,129 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 14 | #2,481 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 18 | #2,129 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 19 | #2,020 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 11 | #2,795 |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 13 | #2,384 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 26 | #1,505 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 20 | #1,793 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 20 | #1,770 |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 28 | #1,405 |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 22 | #1,643 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 26 | #1,471 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 27 | #1,436 |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 35 | #1,231 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 33 | #1,274 |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 45 | #1,113 |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 46 | #1,090 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 42 | #1,186 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 66 | #920 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 68 | #907 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 84 | #813 |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 99 | #746 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 106 | #712 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 94 | #758 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 135 | #639 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 128 | #639 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 125 | #629 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 152 | #582 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 169 | #510 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 141 | #565 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 139 | #539 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 127 | #495 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 105 | #499 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 100 | #478 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 78 | #465 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 65 | #508 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 75 | #428 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 52 | #505 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 72 | #421 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 82 | #381 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 85 | #370 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 66 | #402 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 53 | #441 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 82 | #352 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 77 | #348 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 91 | #355 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 87 | #323 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 109 | #297 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 97 | #294 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 89 | #309 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 112 | #264 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 113 | #257 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 120 | #240 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 133 | #225 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 122 | #218 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 143 | #198 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 119 | #212 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 105 | #226 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 100 | #203 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 98 | #200 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 109 | #175 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 92 | #194 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 76 | #198 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 59 | #225 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 72 | #178 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 65 | #189 |
Highest rank
Nelle has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #175 in 1885. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Nelle
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.