NameTides

Nellie

Nellie was the #533 girls' name in the US in 2025 (567 babies), and #101 in England & Wales and #397 in Canada.

Nellie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Nellie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesNorthern IrelandIrelandScotlandCanadaUS
Nellie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#533 (567)#101 (458)#324 (10)#205 (8)#304 (13)#397 (78)
2024#521 (592)#93 (500)#230 (16)#253 (6)#232 (18)#466 (65)
2023#615 (486)#97 (509)#304 (12)#264 (6)#339 (11)#469 (62)
2022#663 (446)#101 (496)#380 (8)#243 (7)#284 (15)#499 (58)
2021#743 (384)#101 (506)#274 (14)#266 (6)#464 (8)#442 (69)
2020#840 (325)#120 (400)#636 (4)#397 (3)#336 (12)#519 (57)
2019#861 (311)#114 (449)#406 (8)#336 (4)—#532 (59)
2018#1,065 (239)#180 (291)#415 (8)——#779 (36)
2017#1,224 (196)#233 (216)#501 (6)—#734 (4)#604 (50)
2016#1,217 (202)#310 (159)—#440 (3)#868 (3)#750 (38)
2015#1,239 (197)#307 (157)#806 (3)——#820 (33)
2014#1,301 (183)#668 (59)———#756 (37)
2013#1,432 (158)#865 (43)———#791 (35)
2012#1,566 (139)#812 (47)——#907 (3)#865 (31)
2011#1,758 (116)#1,269 (25)———#821 (33)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1881 at #14.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 550common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 910common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Nellie is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,100 to 1 in 2,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nellie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #176MEWisconsin: #364WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #452WAIdaho: #351IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #195NDMinnesota: #221MNIllinois: #541ILMichigan: #457MINew York: #790NYMassachusetts: #519MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #233SDIowa: #186IAIndiana: #278INOhio: #358OHPennsylvania: #335PANew Jersey: #572NJConnecticut: #540CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #908CAUtah: #310UTColorado: #456CONebraska: #396NEMissouri: #386MOKentucky: #259KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: #400MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #546AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #349TNNorth Carolina: #360NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #437OKLouisiana: #534LAMississippi: #301MSAlabama: #633ALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,117TXFlorida: #1,243FL
Nellie (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#20628
Ontario2024#61620

Nellie (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NellieCanadaGirls#39778
NellieEngland & WalesGirls#101458
NellieIrelandGirls#30413
NellieNorthern IrelandGirls#2058
NellieScotlandGirls#32410
NellieUSGirls#533567
NellieUSBoys—too few