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Baby name
Nelson
Boy
Origin of the name
Nelson was first an English surname, “son of Neil.” Admiral Nelson and Nelson Mandela made it famous around the world.
Classic name
79,709births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 244rank at its peak, in 1959
Where babies named Nelson are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Nelson is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Nelson is most common in Hawaii (3.1 times), New York (2.2) and Virginia (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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