Nellye is a very rare girls' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Nellye is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1940. Nellye first appears in 1916 and peaked in 1921 (10 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 5 | — | #4,850 |
| 1937 | 6 | — | #4,135 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | #4,906 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | #5,061 |
| 1925 | 7 | — | #4,316 |
| 1922 | 6 | — | #4,861 |
| 1921 | 10 | — | #3,334 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | #5,545 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | #5,369 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | #4,947 |