Nellis — unisex name

What the Data Says About Nellis

The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Nellis between 1918 and 1938, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nellis currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1938. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Nellis is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 18 additional births since 1919.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nellis performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nellis shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nellis 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 18 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.