Nellie
Girl · NEL-ee · English
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Nellie is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 112th for girls in the UK (476 babies) and 533rd for girls in the US (567 babies).
What does Nellie mean?
English: English pet form of Eleanor, Ellen and Helen
Soprano Nellie Melba, honoured by the dessert peach Melba, was born Helen Mitchell.
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Is Nellie a girl's or a boy's name?
Nellie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 476 girls in the UK and 567 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nellie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #112among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 476about 1 in 580 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.4%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 476 girls in the UK were named Nellie, making it the 112th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 140th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 527 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Nellie than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Nellie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 613 girls in the UK were given Nellie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #95, up from #112 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 101st in England and Wales, 324th in Scotland and 205th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#22), 1914 (#32), 1924 (#68) and 2024 (#93).
Nellie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 476 | #112 |
| 2024 | 522 | #103 |
| 2023 | 527 | #105 |
| 2022 | 511 | #110 |
| 2021 | 526 | #109 |
| 2020 | 407 | #140 |
| 2019 | 461 | #125 |
| 2018 | 299 | #194 |
| 2017 | 222 | #251 |
| 2016 | 163 | #327 |
| 2015 | 160 | #324 |
| 2014 | 59 | #722 |
| 2013 | 44 | #915 |
| 2012 | 47 | #866 |
| 2011 | 26 | #1,303 |
| 2010 | 40 | #936 |
| 2009 | 32 | #1,062 |
| 2008 | 24 | #1,293 |
| 2007 | 31 | #1,026 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,614 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,263 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,475 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Nellie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #533among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 567about 1 in 2,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 88% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 567 girls in the US were named Nellie, making it the 533rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 840th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 4,048 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nellie in the US since 1880 were born between 1904 and 1933, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 783 girls in the US were given Nellie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #422, up from #533 for this spelling alone.
Nellie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 567 | #533 |
| 2024 | 592 | #521 |
| 2023 | 486 | #615 |
| 2022 | 446 | #663 |
| 2021 | 384 | #743 |
| 2020 | 325 | #840 |
| 2019 | 311 | #861 |
| 2018 | 239 | #1,065 |
| 2017 | 196 | #1,224 |
| 2016 | 202 | #1,217 |
| 2015 | 197 | #1,239 |
| 2014 | 183 | #1,301 |
| 2013 | 158 | #1,432 |
| 2012 | 139 | #1,566 |
| 2011 | 116 | #1,758 |
| 2010 | 118 | #1,751 |
| 2009 | 125 | #1,742 |
| 2008 | 113 | #1,880 |
| 2007 | 119 | #1,792 |
| 2006 | 99 | #2,003 |
| 2005 | 84 | #2,179 |
| 2004 | 97 | #1,924 |
| 2003 | 88 | #2,031 |
| 2002 | 93 | #1,895 |
| 2001 | 85 | #1,991 |
| 2000 | 68 | #2,273 |
| 1999 | 85 | #1,854 |
| 1998 | 86 | #1,798 |
| 1997 | 76 | #1,911 |
| 1996 | 76 | #1,896 |
| 1995 | 87 | #1,680 |
| 1994 | 76 | #1,857 |
| 1993 | 71 | #1,962 |
| 1992 | 82 | #1,770 |
| 1991 | 81 | #1,760 |
| 1990 | 118 | #1,343 |
| 1989 | 98 | #1,476 |
| 1988 | 97 | #1,426 |
| 1987 | 72 | #1,677 |
| 1986 | 96 | #1,351 |
| 1985 | 106 | #1,269 |
| 1984 | 114 | #1,170 |
| 1983 | 129 | #1,071 |
| 1982 | 127 | #1,107 |
| 1981 | 135 | #1,055 |
| 1980 | 138 | #1,034 |
| 1979 | 154 | #950 |
| 1978 | 143 | #969 |
| 1977 | 134 | #1,004 |
| 1976 | 131 | #971 |
| 1975 | 151 | #878 |
| 1974 | 156 | #841 |
| 1973 | 136 | #910 |
| 1972 | 151 | #855 |
| 1971 | 164 | #836 |
| 1970 | 159 | #848 |
| 1969 | 147 | #859 |
| 1968 | 165 | #779 |
| 1967 | 197 | #695 |
| 1966 | 213 | #662 |
| 1965 | 202 | #691 |
| 1964 | 262 | #624 |
| 1963 | 259 | #627 |
| 1962 | 266 | #615 |
| 1961 | 335 | #535 |
| 1960 | 363 | #507 |
| 1959 | 384 | #498 |
| 1958 | 382 | #489 |
| 1957 | 432 | #455 |
| 1956 | 487 | #409 |
| 1955 | 521 | #385 |
| 1954 | 550 | #371 |
| 1953 | 606 | #336 |
| 1952 | 637 | #321 |
| 1951 | 604 | #322 |
| 1950 | 757 | #283 |
| 1949 | 743 | #281 |
| 1948 | 891 | #250 |
| 1947 | 876 | #250 |
| 1946 | 885 | #240 |
| 1945 | 933 | #210 |
| 1944 | 1,011 | #199 |
| 1943 | 1,077 | #197 |
| 1942 | 1,207 | #183 |
| 1941 | 1,284 | #167 |
| 1940 | 1,300 | #161 |
| 1939 | 1,373 | #157 |
| 1938 | 1,454 | #152 |
| 1937 | 1,590 | #140 |
| 1936 | 1,665 | #135 |
| 1935 | 1,738 | #131 |
| 1934 | 1,837 | #126 |
| 1933 | 1,867 | #120 |
| 1932 | 1,979 | #123 |
| 1931 | 1,987 | #119 |
| 1930 | 2,213 | #113 |
| 1929 | 2,198 | #113 |
| 1928 | 2,346 | #111 |
| 1927 | 2,678 | #105 |
| 1926 | 2,722 | #102 |
| 1925 | 2,937 | #98 |
| 1924 | 3,075 | #92 |
| 1923 | 3,184 | #88 |
| 1922 | 3,274 | #83 |
| 1921 | 3,513 | #80 |
| 1920 | 3,762 | #76 |
| 1919 | 3,726 | #69 |
| 1918 | 4,048 | #65 |
| 1917 | 3,808 | #64 |
| 1916 | 3,862 | #61 |
| 1915 | 3,679 | #63 |
| 1914 | 2,952 | #61 |
| 1913 | 2,645 | #58 |
| 1912 | 2,365 | #59 |
| 1911 | 1,866 | #54 |
| 1910 | 1,928 | #51 |
| 1909 | 1,768 | #51 |
| 1908 | 1,757 | #49 |
| 1907 | 1,671 | #50 |
| 1906 | 1,596 | #49 |
| 1905 | 1,626 | #48 |
| 1904 | 1,560 | #44 |
| 1903 | 1,491 | #45 |
| 1902 | 1,566 | #41 |
| 1901 | 1,454 | #41 |
| 1900 | 1,850 | #43 |
| 1899 | 1,510 | #41 |
| 1898 | 1,810 | #36 |
| 1897 | 1,693 | #37 |
| 1896 | 1,696 | #34 |
| 1895 | 1,833 | #29 |
| 1894 | 1,767 | #30 |
| 1893 | 1,770 | #27 |
| 1892 | 1,738 | #30 |
| 1891 | 1,647 | #25 |
| 1890 | 1,821 | #20 |
| 1889 | 1,752 | #19 |
| 1888 | 1,736 | #21 |
| 1887 | 1,457 | #19 |
| 1886 | 1,492 | #17 |
| 1885 | 1,432 | #16 |
| 1884 | 1,417 | #17 |
| 1883 | 1,246 | #17 |
| 1882 | 1,138 | #19 |
| 1881 | 1,096 | #14 |
| 1880 | 995 | #18 |
Nicknames for Nellie
- Nell 114 girls in the UK in 2025
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