Nel — #11118 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nel

The Social Security Administration has registered 127 babies named Nel between 1908 and 2024, spanning 117 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nel currently holds the #11118 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nel 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 127 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.