Nelson Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Nelson: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 79,709 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

79,709

Peak year

1959 #244

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

-20.1%

In the 1950s · Most used in NY in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	457	#556
2012	466	#558
2013	442	#581
2014	409	#645
2015	426	#627
2016	431	#622
2017	411	#632
2018	374	#672
2019	407	#654
2020	388	#670
2021	358	#722
2022	315	#799
2023	311	#798
2024	323	#778
2025	300	#825

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

Where {name} was most used in 1959

307

Names from the same era

Timothy · 1959 Steve · 1959 Jim · 1959 Tom · 1959 Duane · 1959 Bob · 1959 Perry · 1959 Dave · 1959 Neal · 1959 Pete · 1959

Names similar to Nelson

Nels Boys Neilson Boys Naelson Boys Elson Boys Nelsy Girls Nelsa Girls Nelse Boys Nelsi Girls Kelson Boys Nilson Boys Neldon Boys Nelsie Girls

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