Girls' name · since 2011
Naelle
Naelle has 153 recorded births since 2011 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,583 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,819 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 153
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
Naelle currently ranks #7819 among girls' names in America, with 153 babies recorded since 2011.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naelle has been recorded 153 times among girls since 2011, currently ranked #7819 nationally and more common than 55% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.
- #22,583 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,819 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 153 born since 2011
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naelle ranks #22,583 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,819 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 153 born since 2011, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,583 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,819 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 153
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
Naelle's 153 recorded births place it above 68.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Naelle compares
153 32nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Naelle's all-time total is 59% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Naelle | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 153 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Naelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Naelle splits its recorded history at 2018: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2014 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Naelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Naelle by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (86 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Naelle's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Naelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
86 births
- 2020s
2020s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 86 births (56% of all-time use).
Naelle by state
Where Naelle concentrates geographically, total births since 2011
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 15 | 9.8% |
15 of 153 births nationwide.
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What to do with Naelle's data
- Naelle's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (86 total births) through the 2020s (67) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Florida records the most Naelles (15 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Naelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~14 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2011–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Naelle draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.