NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Nell Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Nell: every year it appeared on the national list since 1900, with 98 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
98
Peak year
1918 #3030
Years on the list
15
10-year trend
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In the 1910s ·

Popularity history

1900–1977

YearBirthsRank
19005#1440
19106#1533
19138#2213
19167#3404
19189#3030
19198#3299
19227#3767
19235#4693
19245#4769
19276#4060
19286#4011
19339#2671
19356#3533
19395#3824
19776#5636

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1918

State-level records for this name and year are not published (names with fewer than 5 births in a state are suppressed).

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