Girls' name · since 1921
Nelrose
Since 1921, U.S. Social Security records show 30 babies named Nelrose, peaking in 1925. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #41,030 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1921
- 1920s
- peak decade
30 girls have been named Nelrose since 1921, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Nelrose has 30 recorded births among girls since 1921, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 1933.
- #41,030 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 30 born since 1921
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nelrose ranks #41,030 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 1921, peaking in the 1920s.
- #41,030 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1921
- 1920s
- peak decade
Nelrose's 30 recorded births place it above 43.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nelrose's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nelrose splits its recorded history at 1926: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1921 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1925 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nelrose popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–1933
- Peak year (1925)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1933.
30 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1925 with 7 births in a single year.
Nelrose by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (25 births, 83% of the file).
1920s was Nelrose's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 83% of all-time use.
Nelrose births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
25 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 25 births (83% of all-time use).
Nelrose decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Nelrose's data
- Nelrose's decade-level peak was the 1920s (25 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1930s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nelrose: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
Similar record span (~12 yrs)
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, 1921–1933 (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 Nelrose 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.
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