Nelia — #6146 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nelia

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,566 babies named Nelia between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nelia currently holds the #6146 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nelia performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 163 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Nelia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Nelia in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nelia 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 1,566 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.