Nellene — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nellene

The Social Security Administration has registered 180 babies named Nellene between 1920 and 1957, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nellene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1957. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nellene performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nellene shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Nellene in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nellene 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 180 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.