Nelina — girls' name
36 babies named Nelina in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
67% of everyone ever named Nelina was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Nelina in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nelina
The Social Security Administration has registered 36 babies named Nelina between 2008 and 2023, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nelina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nelina performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nelina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nelina 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 36 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.
Nelina at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nelina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2008
- Peak year (2013)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
36 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 7 births in a single year.
Nelina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 24 births that decade — 67% of Nelina's all-time total
Nelina decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Nelina's strongest decade
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% 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, 2008–2023 (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.