Nello
Last seen for girls in 1930 at #3,345 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
Given to boys 98.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1915 · 45 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 937since 1911
Nello over time
Rank among boys' names. Nello has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #10,760 | 6 | |
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
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| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
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| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
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| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
| 1969 | — | #4,404 | 5 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,365 | 7 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | #2,627 | 10 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | #4,038 | 5 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,037 | 8 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,265 | 13 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,375 | 12 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,628 | 10 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,902 | 17 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,143 | 7 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,066 | 7 | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | #2,671 | 9 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,712 | 8 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,736 | 16 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,609 | 8 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,818 | 15 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,872 | 14 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,396 | 10 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,214 | 11 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,584 | 20 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,643 | 19 | |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #1,644 | 20 |
| 1929 | — | #1,793 | 18 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,647 | 21 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,871 | 18 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,661 | 21 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #1,534 | 24 |
| 1924 | — | #1,287 | 32 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #1,358 | 29 |
| 1922 | — | #1,470 | 26 | |
| 1921 | — | #962 | 53 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,180 | 37 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,188 | 35 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,373 | 27 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,017 | 41 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,028 | 39 | |
| 1915 | — | #925 | 45 | |
| 1914 | — | #967 | 33 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,205 | 18 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,619 | 10 | |
| 1911 | — | #982 | 12 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Nello! It came in at #982, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1945–1946, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Nello
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 238 spots in 1914 (#1,205 → #967)
- Biggest drop: 637 spots in 1912 (#982 → #1,619)
- Debuted 1911
- Peaked 1915 at #925 (45 births)
- Births halved by 1926, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1914–1915
- Highest: 1 in 18,831 boys born in 1911 were named Nello (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #925 in 1915, was only 1 in 18,857 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 29.8% of all boys named Nello (279) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 260 | #925 (1915) | #1,145 |
| 1920s | 279 | #962 (1921) | #1,476 |
| 1930s | 132 | #1,584 (1932) | #2,152 |
| 1940s | 67 | #1,736 (1940) | #2,761 |
| 1950s | 84 | #1,902 (1955) | #2,886 |
| 1960s | 43 | #2,627 (1966) | #3,714 |
| 1970s | 22 | #4,724 (1970) | #4,945 |
| 1980s | 16 | #5,619 (1982) | #6,197 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 5 | #12,491 (2009) | #12,491 |
| 2010s | 18 | #10,744 (2016) | #10,760 |
| 2020s | 11 | #10,938 (2024) | #11,542 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Nello in 1922
Top boys' names in 1922
More about 1922
boys
1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 41,852 of them was named Nello, which outranked 70.4% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,434Wells27
- #1,434West27
- #1,434Wheeler27
- #1,470Nello26
- #1,470Aldon26
- #1,470Allyn26
- #1,470Alvaro26
- #1,503Anastacio25
- #1,503Auston25
- #1,503Bartholomew25
Tied with 32 names at #1,470; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.