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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Nelle” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nelle” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Nelle” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Nelle” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Nelle” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Nelle” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Nelle” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nelle” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 65 0.000322606 65 100%
1881 72 0.000373661 72 100%
1882 59 0.000266326 59 100%
1883 76 0.000350318 76 100%
1884 92 0.000377884 92 100%
1885 109 0.000452556 109 100%
1886 98 0.000383838 98 100%
1887 100 0.000404217 100 100%
1888 105 0.000350615 105 100%
1889 119 0.000411842 119 100%
1890 143 0.000474451 143 100%
1891 122 0.000425572 122 100%
1892 133 0.000397758 133 100%
1893 120 0.000368978 120 100%
1894 113 0.000333638 113 100%
1895 112 0.00031907 112 100%
1896 89 0.000248962 89 100%
1897 97 0.000279574 97 100%
1898 109 0.000285748 109 100%
1899 87 0.00025646 87 100%
1900 91 0.000202106 91 100%
1901 77 0.000222664 77 100%
1902 82 0.000212033 82 100%
1903 53 0.000139035 53 100%
1904 66 0.000163575 66 100%
1905 85 0.000200509 85 100%
1906 82 0.000191387 82 100%
1907 72 0.000154709 72 100%
1908 52 0.000106416 52 100%
1909 75 0.000146707 75 100%
1910 65 0.000110037 65 100%
1911 78 0.000121066 78 100%
1912 100 0.000101208 100 100%
1913 105 0.000092339 105 100%
1914 127 0.000089667 127 100%
1915 139 0.000075856 139 100%
1916 141 0.00007289 141 100%
1917 169 0.000084216 169 100%
1918 152 0.00007001 152 100%
1919 125 0.000059235 125 100%
1920 128 0.000056571 128 100%
1921 135 0.000057828 135 100%
1922 94 0.000041063 94 100%
1923 106 0.000046037 106 100%
1924 99 0.000041569 99 100%
1925 84 0.000036 84 100%
1926 68 0.000029618 68 100%
1927 66 0.000028456 66 100%
1928 42 0.000018576 42 100%
1929 46 0.000020984 46 100%
1930 45 0.00002024 45 100%
1931 33 0.000015682 33 100%
1932 35 0.000016578 35 100%
1933 27 0.000013504 27 100%
1934 26 0.000012519 26 100%
1935 22 0.000010527 22 100%
1936 28 0.000013477 28 100%
1937 20 0.000009387 20 100%
1938 20 0.000009039 20 100%
1939 26 0.0000118 26 100%
1940 13 0.000005646 13 100%
1941 11 0.000004515 11 100%
1942 19 0.000006955 19 100%
1943 18 0.000006377 18 100%
1944 14 0.000005204 14 100%
1945 17 0.000006408 17 100%
1946 16 0.000005007 16 100%
1947 11 0.000003054 11 100%
1948 10 0.000002896 10 100%
1949 11 0.000003157 11 100%
1950 8 0.000002284 8 100%
1951 9 0.000002443 9 100%
1952 11 0.000002896 11 100%
1953 13 0.000003373 13 100%
1954 13 0.000003266 13 100%
1955 11 0.00000274 11 100%
1956 5 0.000001213 5 100%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 100%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1968 10 0.00000296 10 100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 100%
1986 7 0.000001968 7 100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 100%
2006 8 0.000002022 8 100%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 100%
2012 12 0.000003281 12 100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 100%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 100%
2015 18 0.000004864 18 100%
2016 17 0.000004634 17 100%
2017 15 0.000004194 15 100%
2018 28 0.000007964 28 100%
2019 32 0.000009219 32 100%
2020 37 0.000011076 37 100%
2021 29 0.00000856 29 100%
2022 26 0.000007685 26 100%
2023 34 0.000010268 34 100%
2024 26 0.000007811 26 100%

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