Nelia

#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births

Peak · girls
#583
1884 · 13 births
Debut · girls
1880
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,580
since 1880

Nelia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Nelia has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201888peak #583, 1884girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#7,49114
2024#6,16719
2023#8,05513
2022#6,70717
2021#10,2929
2020#6,08319
2019#9,73610
2018#9,15111
2017#5,66122
2016#7,23016
2015#5,45824
2014#7,63615
2013#6,46219
2012#7,80415
2011#8,19614
2010#7,21717
2009#8,88813
2008#10,08411
2007#10,12911
2006#9,90111
2005#8,88312
2004#9,89210
2003#9,67110
2002#7,44414
2001#11,0208
2000#10,7458
1999#14,4115
1998#11,1387
1997#9,8028
1996#11,8076
1995#9,5538
1994—
1993#9,5598
1992#11,7386
1991#8,5889
1990#7,88010
1989#8,7618
1988—
1987—
1986#7,7498
1985#6,9559
1984#6,8109
1983#6,21210
1982#7,4698
1981#7,4098
1980#5,54412
1979#6,18910
1978#4,67914
1977#5,53211
1976#5,60110
1975#3,77417
1974#3,55818
1973#4,15514
1972#3,89415
1971#5,13610
1970#3,31119
1969#4,19812
1968#3,45615
1967—
1966#5,2737
1965#5,8176
1964#5,0088
1963#3,63513
1962#3,59213
1961#4,8828
1960#6,3905
1959#4,03110
1958#4,5208
1957#2,92616
1956#3,49312
1955#2,97115
1954#3,32512
1953#3,10613
1952#4,4837
1951#5,4145
1950#2,65215
1949#4,2357
1948#2,58915
1947#3,06112
1946#3,4309
1945#3,1329
1944#2,62512
1943#2,86111
1942#2,66612
1941#2,39713
1940#2,42412
1939#2,59211
1938#2,73010
1937#1,99916
1936#2,68910
1935#2,43912
1934#2,08715
1933#1,90617
1932#2,64411
1931#3,4977
1930#2,42513
1929#3,1379
1928#2,62312
1927#2,69912
1926#2,70812
1925#2,77812
1924#2,21217
1923#2,46514
1922#3,15210
1921#2,50914
1920#1,88921
1919#2,38414
1918#2,37614
1917#2,69311
1916#2,13315
1915#1,57122
1914#1,89613
1913#2,8276
1912#2,9795
1911#1,7928
1910#1,42111
1909#1,21912
1908#1,35710
1907#1,6397
1906#1,9515
1905#1,23810
1904#1,4867
1903#1,2049
1902#93614
1901#1,00711
1900#1,4318
1899#1,3946
1898#1,04711
1897#1,3856
1896—
1895#1,2028
1894#99810
1893#86512
1892#90811
1891#1,0937
1890#9409
1889#83910
1888#61217
1887#1,0366
1886#9936
1885#9216
1884#58313
1883#9205
1882#6788
1881#7406
1880#8365
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Nelia was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1896, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Nelia is popular in 1888

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Nelia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,324 spots since 2024 (#6,167 → #7,491)
  • 1,408 spots since 2020 (#6,083 → #7,491)
  • 2,033 spots since 2015 (#5,458 → #7,491)
  • Biggest jump: 424 spots in 1888 (#1,036 → #612)
  • Biggest drop: 338 spots in 1885 (#583 → #921)
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #583 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1880–1886
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,925
  • Highest: 1 in 9,925 girls born in 1884 were named Nelia (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 114,805 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 10.3% of all girls named Nelia (163) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s82#583 (1884)#816
1890s80#865 (1893)#1,092
1900s93#936 (1902)#1,347
1910s119#1,421 (1910)#2,207
1920s133#1,889 (1920)#2,617
1930s122#1,906 (1933)#2,501
1940s112#2,397 (1941)#2,942
1950s113#2,652 (1950)#3,692
1960s87#3,456 (1968)#4,695
1970s138#3,311 (1970)#4,583
1980s72#5,544 (1980)#7,114
1990s67#7,880 (1990)#10,497
2000s108#7,444 (2002)#9,666
2010s163#5,458 (2015)#7,455
2020s91#6,083 (2020)#7,466

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Nelia in 1888

girls
#612
17 births · 1 in 10,507 girls

Top girls' names in 1888

  1. #1Mary11,754
  2. #2Anna4,982
  3. #3Elizabeth3,224
  4. #4Emma3,087
  5. #5Margaret2,904
  6. #6Minnie2,654
  7. #7Bertha2,450
  8. #8Florence2,444
  9. #9Ethel2,374
  10. #10Bessie2,278
  11. #612Nelia17
More about 1888

girls

178,622 girls got a published name in 1888; 1 in 10,507 of them was named Nelia, which outranked 58.5% of the 1,474 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nelia
  1. #593Selena18
  2. #593Sula18
  3. #593Theodora18
  4. #612Nelia17
  5. #612America17
  6. #612Annabel17
  7. #612Arrie17
  8. #636Adaline16
  9. #636Albertine16
  10. #636Amie16

Tied with 23 names at #612; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1887
Risers
  1. ↑ 535Zilpha#1,147 → #612
  2. ↑ 511Eudora#1,147 → #636
  3. ↑ 478Lorraine#1,036 → #558
  4. ↑ 457Dillie#1,147 → #690
  5. ↑ 457Leanna#1,147 → #690
Fallers
  1. ↓ 643Anabel#633 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 583Tennessee#693 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 576Diana#560 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 576Hope#560 → #1,136
  5. ↓ 550Margaretha#586 → #1,136

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1888 →