Narelle — girls' name
28 babies named Narelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
61% of everyone ever named Narelle was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Narelle in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Narelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 28 babies named Narelle between 1987 and 2018, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Narelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Narelle performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Narelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Narelle in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 28 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Narelle at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Narelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1987
- Peak year (2006)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
28 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 9 births in a single year.
Narelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 17 births that decade — 61% of Narelle's all-time total
Narelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Narelle's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1987–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.