Girls' name · since 1977
Nelli
Since 1977, U.S. Social Security records show 385 babies named Nelli, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,837 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,152 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 385
- born since 1977
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nelli currently ranks #5152 among girls' names in America, with 385 babies recorded since 1977.
Nelli has 385 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5152 as of the latest data, more common than 70% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #13,837 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,152 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 385 born since 1977
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nelli ranks #13,837 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,152 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 385 born since 1977, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,837 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,152 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 385
- born since 1977
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nelli's 385 recorded births place it above 80.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Nelli compares
385 Top 50% higher than 50% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nelli's all-time total is 2% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nelli | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 385 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nelli's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nelli splits its recorded history at 2010: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nelli popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Nelli by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (127 births, 33% of the file).
2020s was Nelli's strongest decade.
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Nelli births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
106 births
- 2010s
2010s
126 births
- 2020s
2020s
127 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 127 births (33% of all-time use).
Nelli by state
Where Nelli concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 28 | 7.3% |
28 of 385 births nationwide.
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- California records the most Nellis (28 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1977–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nelli draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.