Nelse — boys' name

What the Data Says About Nelse

The Social Security Administration has registered 28 babies named Nelse between 1913 and 1953, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nelse currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1953. The name reached its historical peak in 1913, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nelse performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nelse shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nelse 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 28 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.