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How popular is the name Nelle?
Births per year, rank history and how many Nelles are alive today.
Nelle (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Nell in England and Wales, ranked 1639th in 2025 and given to 18 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2021, when 29 babies were given the name, the 1161st most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Nell you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old. Half of all Nells born in England and Wales are between 6 and 18, and there are at least 4,100 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 1.3% chance that at least one of them will be called Nell.
How many babies are named Nelle each year?
Includes all spellings: Nelle, Nel, Nell. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Nelle spelling rank?
Where does the Nel spelling rank?
Where does the Nell spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Nelle most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Nell, peaked in 2022, when 236 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Nelle spelling itself peaked in 2021, with 29 babies.
How many people are called Nelle?
At least 4,100 people named Nelle in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Nelle?
Most living Nelles are between 6 and 18; the most common age is about 4.
Is Nelle becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.