Nechelle — girls' name
295 babies named Nechelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Nechelle was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Nechelle in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nechelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 295 babies named Nechelle between 1967 and 2000, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nechelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nechelle performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nechelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nechelle 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 295 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.
Nechelle at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nechelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1967
- Peak year (1970)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
295 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 17 births in a single year.
Nechelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 85 births that decade — 29% of Nechelle's all-time total
Nechelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 80 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Nechelle's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% 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, 1967–2000 (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.