Nelia
#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 13 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,580since 1880
Nelia over time
Rank among girls' names. Nelia has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,491 | 14 |
| 2024 | #6,167 | 19 |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 |
| 2022 | #6,707 | 17 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 |
| 2020 | #6,083 | 19 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 |
| 2017 | #5,661 | 22 |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 |
| 2015 | #5,458 | 24 |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 |
| 1957 | #2,926 | 16 |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 |
| 1955 | #2,971 | 15 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 |
| 1948 | #2,589 | 15 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 |
| 1941 | #2,397 | 13 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 |
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 |
| 1933 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 |
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 |
| 1924 | #2,212 | 17 |
| 1923 | #2,465 | 14 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1921 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1920 | #1,889 | 21 |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 |
| 1916 | #2,133 | 15 |
| 1915 | #1,571 | 22 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 |
| 1908 | #1,357 | 10 |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,238 | 10 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 |
| 1902 | #936 | 14 |
| 1901 | #1,007 | 11 |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 |
| 1898 | #1,047 | 11 |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 |
| 1893 | #865 | 12 |
| 1892 | #908 | 11 |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 |
| 1890 | #940 | 9 |
| 1889 | #839 | 10 |
| 1888 | #612 | 17 |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 |
| 1884 | #583 | 13 |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 |
| 1882 | #678 | 8 |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 |
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.
See more about Nelia
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #583 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1880–1886
- 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%)
- 10.3% of all girls named Nelia (163) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 82 | #583 (1884) | #816 |
| 1890s | 80 | #865 (1893) | #1,092 |
| 1900s | 93 | #936 (1902) | #1,347 |
| 1910s | 119 | #1,421 (1910) | #2,207 |
| 1920s | 133 | #1,889 (1920) | #2,617 |
| 1930s | 122 | #1,906 (1933) | #2,501 |
| 1940s | 112 | #2,397 (1941) | #2,942 |
| 1950s | 113 | #2,652 (1950) | #3,692 |
| 1960s | 87 | #3,456 (1968) | #4,695 |
| 1970s | 138 | #3,311 (1970) | #4,583 |
| 1980s | 72 | #5,544 (1980) | #7,114 |
| 1990s | 67 | #7,880 (1990) | #10,497 |
| 2000s | 108 | #7,444 (2002) | #9,666 |
| 2010s | 163 | #5,458 (2015) | #7,455 |
| 2020s | 91 | #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 1894
Top girls' names in 1894
More about 1894
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222,922 girls got a published name in 1894; 1 in 22,292 of them was named Nelia, which outranked 41.4% of the 1,702 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #950Virdie11
- #950Willia11
- #950Zadie11
- #998Nelia10
- #998Alba10
- #998Alverda10
- #998America10
- #1,061Ader9
- #1,061Anner9
- #1,061Annice9
Tied with 62 names at #998; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 691Macy#794 → #1,485
- ↓ 659Fredericka#826 → #1,485
- ↓ 586Dee#767 → #1,353
- ↓ 584Katharyn#901 → #1,485
- ↓ 584Leva#901 → #1,485
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.