Nela
Girl · NEL-a
Nela is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 848th for girls in the UK (45 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Nela mean?
Slavic and Spanish short form of names such as Kornelia, Aniela and Manuela
A short form of several longer names, used especially in Poland, the Czech Republic and Spain.
- Say it
- NEL-a
Is Nela a girl's or a boy's name?
Nela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 45 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nela in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #848among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 45about 1 in 6,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 45 girls in the UK were named Nela, making it the 848th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 650th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 94 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Nela than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Nela in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 90 girls in the UK were given Nela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #483, up from #848 for this spelling alone.
- Nela 45
- Nella 45
Among girls in 2025, it was 807th in England and Wales.
Nela in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #848 |
| 2024 | 54 | #749 |
| 2023 | 55 | #710 |
| 2022 | 59 | #689 |
| 2021 | 80 | #553 |
| 2020 | 63 | #650 |
| 2019 | 94 | #488 |
| 2018 | 83 | #556 |
| 2017 | 73 | #629 |
| 2016 | 67 | #678 |
| 2015 | 51 | #812 |
| 2014 | 50 | #837 |
| 2013 | 37 | #1,044 |
| 2012 | 35 | #1,078 |
| 2011 | 24 | #1,379 |
| 2010 | 24 | #1,380 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,449 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
How popular is Nela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Nela, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1903.
2025 had fewer girls named Nela than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Nela in the US since 1880 were born between 1943 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 72 girls in the US were given Nela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,103, up from #8,360 for this spelling alone.
- Nella 60
- Nela 12
Nela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,938 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,640 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,956 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,727 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
Names like Nela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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