Nela — #7597 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nela

The Social Security Administration has registered 585 babies named Nela between 1903 and 2024, spanning 122 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nela currently holds the #7597 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nela performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 172 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Nela shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Nela in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nela 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 585 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.