Nelsy
Girl · NEL-see · Modern
Nelsy is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
Where does Nelsy come from?
Modern: Latin American name, perhaps from Nelly or Nelson
- Say it
- NEL-see
Is Nelsy a girl's or a boy's name?
Nelsy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nelsy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Nelsy, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1995, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the girls named Nelsy in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nelsy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
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