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The U.S. popularity history of Nelly: every year it appeared on the national list since 2002, with 79 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

Peak year

2021 #8637

Years on the list

10-year trend

+383.3%

In the 2020s ·

Popularity history

2002–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2002	5	#11923
2003	7	#9328
2005	7	#9837
2006	7	#10336
2007	5	#13816
2010	7	#10427
2015	6	#11682
2019	6	#11733
2021	9	#8637
2023	5	#13576
2024	6	#11926
2025	9	#8710

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

Where {name} was most used in 2021

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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