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Nellie
Rank in 2024
#520
Born in 2024
591
Peak year
1918 · #65
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 591 girls were named Nellie, about 1 in every 2,730.
- It peaked in 1918 with 4,048 babies, ranked #65.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 152,122 girls have been named Nellie since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Nellie per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 3.4Greatest1901–27
- 1.4Silent1928–45
- 0.3Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 70,513 babies, 3.45 per 1,000. Silent: 29,059 babies, 1.41 per 1,000. Boomers: 10,241 babies, 0.29 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,541 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,565 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,591 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,716 babies, 0.18 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Suffixed with -ie, compare Noll and Neddie, respectively from Oliver and Edward.
- A diminutive of the female given names Eleanor, Ellen, Helen, and Chanel; popular as a formal given name at the turn of the 20th century.
- (rare) A diminutive of the female given name Chanel.
- (rare) A diminutive of the male given name Nelson.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Nellie, CC BY-SA 4.0.