Baby name

Nelly

Girl

Comeback name

The high point came in 2007, with 208 births and the No. 1205 spot that year. Almost forgotten around 1898, with about 0 births a year, it has been climbing back since. Its rank in 2025: No. 1291.

7,792births since 1880

2000sgeneration

No. 1205rank at its peak, in 2007

Where babies named Nelly are born

2007

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The darker the blue, the more common Nelly is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Nelly is most common in California (3.1 times), Texas (2.7) and New York (2.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Kelly 473,965
Nell 27,612
Nelle 5,794
Elly 4,585
Nella 4,374
Neely 2,239

Names from the same era

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