Nelle is an uncommon variant of Nellie that peaked in 1917 and has since faded.
Nelle is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #4,325 for girl births in the United States (and #7,519 across all names), given to 33 babies. Nelle was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1917 (169 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | 33 | #4,325 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 | #5,105 |
| 2023 | 34 | 34 | #4,257 |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | #5,130 |
| 2021 | 29 | 29 | #4,703 |
| 2020 | 37 | 37 | #3,892 |
| 2019 | 32 | 32 | #4,416 |
| 2018 | 28 | 28 | #4,858 |
| 2017 | 15 | 15 | #7,738 |
| 2016 | 17 | 17 | #7,142 |
| 2015 | 18 | 18 | #6,911 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10 | #10,724 |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 | #14,209 |
| 2012 | 12 | 12 | #9,554 |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 | #18,786 |
| 2010 | 7 | 7 | #14,548 |
| 2009 | 7 | 7 | #14,792 |
| 2008 | 7 | 7 | #14,954 |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 | #13,278 |
| 2005 | 6 | 6 | #15,883 |
| 2001 | 7 | 7 | #13,080 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | #9,254 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | #11,902 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | #11,716 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | #11,588 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | #10,363 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | #8,698 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | #7,932 |
| 1968 | 10 | — | #4,688 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | #7,219 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | #7,475 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | #7,321 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | #5,689 |
| 1961 | 8 | — | #5,167 |
| 1960 | 7 | — | #5,542 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | #6,034 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | #5,909 |
| 1957 | 9 | — | #4,455 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | #6,615 |
| 1955 | 11 | — | #3,722 |
| 1954 | 13 | — | #3,277 |
| 1953 | 13 | — | #3,226 |
| 1952 | 11 | — | #3,496 |
| 1951 | 9 | — | #3,916 |
| 1950 | 8 | — | #4,219 |
| 1949 | 11 | — | #3,333 |
| 1948 | 10 | — | #3,526 |
| 1947 | 11 | — | #3,386 |
| 1946 | 16 | — | #2,457 |
| 1945 | 17 | — | #2,129 |
| 1944 | 14 | — | #2,481 |
| 1943 | 18 | — | #2,129 |
| 1942 | 19 | — | #2,020 |
| 1941 | 11 | — | #2,795 |
| 1940 | 13 | — | #2,384 |
| 1939 | 26 | — | #1,505 |
| 1938 | 20 | — | #1,793 |
| 1937 | 20 | — | #1,770 |
| 1936 | 28 | — | #1,405 |
| 1935 | 22 | — | #1,644 |
| 1934 | 26 | — | #1,471 |
| 1933 | 27 | — | #1,436 |
| 1932 | 35 | — | #1,231 |
| 1931 | 33 | — | #1,274 |
| 1930 | 45 | — | #1,113 |
| 1929 | 46 | — | #1,090 |
| 1928 | 42 | — | #1,186 |
| 1927 | 66 | — | #920 |
| 1926 | 68 | — | #907 |
| 1925 | 84 | — | #813 |
| 1924 | 99 | — | #746 |
| 1923 | 106 | — | #712 |
| 1922 | 94 | — | #758 |
| 1921 | 135 | — | #639 |
| 1920 | 128 | — | #639 |
| 1919 | 125 | — | #629 |
| 1918 | 152 | — | #582 |
| 1917 | 169 | — | #510 |
| 1916 | 141 | — | #565 |
| 1915 | 139 | — | #539 |
| 1914 | 127 | — | #495 |
| 1913 | 105 | — | #499 |
| 1912 | 100 | — | #478 |
| 1911 | 78 | — | #465 |
| 1910 | 65 | — | #508 |
| 1909 | 75 | — | #428 |
| 1908 | 52 | — | #505 |
| 1907 | 72 | — | #421 |
| 1906 | 82 | — | #381 |
| 1905 | 85 | — | #370 |
| 1904 | 66 | — | #402 |
| 1903 | 53 | — | #441 |
| 1902 | 82 | — | #352 |
| 1901 | 77 | — | #348 |
| 1900 | 91 | — | #355 |
| 1899 | 87 | — | #323 |
| 1898 | 109 | — | #297 |
| 1897 | 97 | — | #294 |
| 1896 | 89 | — | #309 |
| 1895 | 112 | — | #264 |
| 1894 | 113 | — | #257 |
| 1893 | 120 | — | #240 |
| 1892 | 133 | — | #225 |
| 1891 | 122 | — | #218 |
| 1890 | 143 | — | #198 |
| 1889 | 119 | — | #212 |
| 1888 | 105 | — | #226 |
| 1887 | 100 | — | #203 |
| 1886 | 98 | — | #200 |
| 1885 | 109 | — | #175 |
| 1884 | 92 | — | #194 |
| 1883 | 76 | — | #198 |
| 1882 | 59 | — | #225 |
| 1881 | 72 | — | #178 |
| 1880 | 65 | — | #189 |