Nell is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2989 for girl births in the United States, given to 128 babies. Nell first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1917 (766 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 128 | #2,989 |
| 2024 | 150 | #2,726 |
| 2023 | 124 | #3,070 |
| 2022 | 119 | #3,197 |
| 2021 | 96 | #3,635 |
| 2020 | 79 | #4,031 |
| 2019 | 115 | #3,223 |
| 2018 | 72 | #4,345 |
| 2017 | 87 | #3,867 |
| 2016 | 70 | #4,458 |
| 2015 | 61 | #4,938 |
| 2014 | 42 | #6,284 |
| 2013 | 44 | #6,042 |
| 2012 | 32 | #7,654 |
| 2011 | 32 | #7,615 |
| 2010 | 24 | #9,379 |
| 2009 | 30 | #8,096 |
| 2008 | 20 | #10,877 |
| 2007 | 24 | #9,517 |
| 2006 | 30 | #7,920 |
| 2005 | 27 | #8,108 |
| 2004 | 19 | #10,144 |
| 2003 | 23 | #8,665 |
| 2002 | 23 | #8,472 |
| 2001 | 35 | #6,206 |
| 2000 | 28 | #7,156 |
| 1999 | 31 | #6,335 |
| 1998 | 32 | #6,077 |
| 1997 | 32 | #5,869 |
| 1996 | 36 | #5,319 |
| 1995 | 18 | #8,414 |
| 1994 | 19 | #8,146 |
| 1993 | 19 | #8,064 |
| 1992 | 20 | #7,767 |
| 1991 | 21 | #7,345 |
| 1990 | 31 | #5,475 |
| 1989 | 24 | #6,334 |
| 1988 | 25 | #5,791 |
| 1987 | 29 | #4,985 |
| 1986 | 22 | #5,871 |
| 1985 | 24 | #5,491 |
| 1984 | 28 | #4,808 |
| 1983 | 29 | #4,579 |
| 1982 | 28 | #4,818 |
| 1981 | 22 | #5,624 |
| 1980 | 40 | #3,761 |
| 1979 | 36 | #3,969 |
| 1978 | 26 | #4,708 |
| 1977 | 32 | #4,098 |
| 1976 | 28 | #4,309 |
| 1975 | 34 | #3,726 |
| 1974 | 43 | #3,113 |
| 1973 | 42 | #3,074 |
| 1972 | 34 | #3,514 |
| 1971 | 35 | #3,527 |
| 1970 | 36 | #3,437 |
| 1969 | 38 | #3,144 |
| 1968 | 32 | #3,320 |
| 1967 | 29 | #3,442 |
| 1966 | 30 | #3,374 |
| 1965 | 37 | #3,008 |
| 1964 | 49 | #2,618 |
| 1963 | 53 | #2,481 |
| 1962 | 42 | #2,830 |
| 1961 | 67 | #2,217 |
| 1960 | 85 | #1,940 |
| 1959 | 78 | #2,004 |
| 1958 | 88 | #1,866 |
| 1957 | 81 | #1,944 |
| 1956 | 106 | #1,652 |
| 1955 | 97 | #1,702 |
| 1954 | 110 | #1,562 |
| 1953 | 137 | #1,361 |
| 1952 | 128 | #1,381 |
| 1951 | 140 | #1,297 |
| 1950 | 157 | #1,199 |
| 1949 | 132 | #1,305 |
| 1948 | 182 | #1,081 |
| 1947 | 181 | #1,099 |
| 1946 | 197 | #1,002 |
| 1945 | 184 | #954 |
| 1944 | 176 | #975 |
| 1943 | 225 | #888 |
| 1942 | 261 | #821 |
| 1941 | 240 | #800 |
| 1940 | 296 | #714 |
| 1939 | 276 | #731 |
| 1938 | 331 | #653 |
| 1937 | 321 | #653 |
| 1936 | 351 | #617 |
| 1935 | 396 | #582 |
| 1934 | 427 | #564 |
| 1933 | 452 | #525 |
| 1932 | 483 | #528 |
| 1931 | 456 | #545 |
| 1930 | 511 | #538 |
| 1929 | 489 | #547 |
| 1928 | 504 | #544 |
| 1927 | 568 | #515 |
| 1926 | 531 | #537 |
| 1925 | 627 | #481 |
| 1924 | 640 | #472 |
| 1923 | 629 | #465 |
| 1922 | 654 | #458 |
| 1921 | 760 | #421 |
| 1920 | 661 | #453 |
| 1919 | 674 | #440 |
| 1918 | 696 | #432 |
| 1917 | 766 | #392 |
| 1916 | 729 | #393 |
| 1915 | 689 | #397 |
| 1914 | 530 | #403 |
| 1913 | 499 | #365 |
| 1912 | 422 | #366 |
| 1911 | 322 | #337 |
| 1910 | 324 | #303 |
| 1909 | 277 | #304 |
| 1908 | 288 | #286 |
| 1907 | 261 | #298 |
| 1906 | 241 | #292 |
| 1905 | 229 | #298 |
| 1904 | 226 | #295 |
| 1903 | 206 | #301 |
| 1902 | 247 | #271 |
| 1901 | 205 | #288 |
| 1900 | 261 | #288 |
| 1899 | 192 | #290 |
| 1898 | 246 | #270 |
| 1897 | 209 | #277 |
| 1896 | 215 | #279 |
| 1895 | 247 | #251 |
| 1894 | 215 | #273 |
| 1893 | 187 | #284 |
| 1892 | 216 | #263 |
| 1891 | 190 | #260 |
| 1890 | 221 | #239 |
| 1889 | 194 | #244 |
| 1888 | 188 | #255 |
| 1887 | 146 | #267 |
| 1886 | 175 | #233 |
| 1885 | 151 | #245 |
| 1884 | 120 | #281 |
| 1883 | 116 | #262 |
| 1882 | 103 | #293 |
| 1881 | 75 | #336 |
| 1880 | 77 | #338 |