Nely
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NEL-ee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Nely is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Nely mean?
English: spelling of Nellie; English pet form of Eleanor, Ellen and Helen
Soprano Nellie Melba, honoured by the dessert peach Melba, was born Helen Mitchell.
Meaning borrowed from Nellie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Nely a girl's or a boy's name?
Nely is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nely in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Nely, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Nely in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 783 girls in the US were given Nely or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #422, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Nely in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,103 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 28 | #4,084 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,497 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
Nicknames for Nely
- Nell 114 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Nely
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy Riley Bailey Kennedy Ashley Teagan Heaven Brooklyn Hailey Kenley Kaitlyn Heavenly
Other spellings of Nely
Names related to Nely
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nely: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nely, updated 20 October 2026.