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Nell
Pronounced /nɛl/
Rank in 2024
#1,457
Born in 2024
150
Peak year
1917 · #220
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 150 girls were named Nell, about 1 in every 10,755.
- It peaked in 1917 with 766 babies, ranked #220.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 27,483 girls have been named Nell since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Nell per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.6Greatest1901–27
- 0.3Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 12,840 babies, 0.63 per 1,000. Silent: 6,353 babies, 0.31 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,110 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen X: 546 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 395 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 442 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,058 babies, 0.05 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
- A diminutive of the female given names Eleanor, Ellen, and Helen
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /nɛl/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Nell, CC BY-SA 4.0.